The implications of benefit package design: The impact on poor Thai households of excluding renal replacement therapy

Journal of International Development

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 291-308

  Prakongsai, Phusit ^a   Palmer, Natasha ^b   Uay Trakul, Preecha ^c   Tangcharoensathien, Viroj ^a   Mills, Anne ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Nakorn Ratchasima Rajchabhat University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Access to care; Benefit package; Catastrophic health expenditure; Health insurance; Inequity in health; Renal replacement therapy; Universal coverage

Indexed keywords

COPING STRATEGY; DESIGN; DISEASE TREATMENT; ECONOMIC IMPACT; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH POLICY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; LOW INCOME POPULATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC SPENDING; STATE ROLE; USER FEE;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 67649373065     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: 10991328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jid.1553     Document Type: Article

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