Catastrophic health expenditure in an urban city: Seven years after universal coverage policy in Thailand

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 124-136

  Weraphong, Jain ^a   Pannarunothai, Supasit ^a   Luxananun, Teerasak ^b   Junsri, Nongnuch ^b   Deesawatsripetch, Suree ^b  

^a NARESUAN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Sawanpracharak Hospital   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Catastrophic health expenditure; Equity in health; Out of pocket payment; Thailand

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877686233     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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