Has universal health insurance reduced socioeconomic inequalities in urban and rural health service use in Thailand?

Health and Place

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1030-1037

  Yiengprugsawan, Vasoontara ^a   Carmichael, Gordon A ^a   Lim, Lynette L Y ^a   Seubsman, Sam ang ^b   Sleigh, Adrian C ^a  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

^b SUKHOTHAI THAMMATHIRAT OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Health service use; Thailand; Universal health insurance; Urban rural inequality

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEY; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THAILAND; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

THAILAND;

EID: 77955339855     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.06.010     Document Type: Article

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