Determinants of hospital loss in Thailand: Experience from the first year of a universal coverage health insurance program

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 59-70

  Ngorsuraches, Surachat ^a   Sornlertlumvanich, Attapon ^a  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Health care finance; Health insurance; Hospital loss; Hospital profitability; Universal coverage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSURANCE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STATISTICS; THAILAND;

DATA COLLECTION; ECONOMICS, HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; THAILAND; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 32444447453     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10729-006-6280-z     Document Type: Article

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