Universal health coverage at the macro level: Synthetic control evidence from Thailand

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue , 2017, Pages 46-55

  Rieger, Matthias ^a   Wagner, Natascha ^a   Bedi, Arjun S ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

GDP; Government budget; Health expenditures; Macro impacts; Mortality; Synthetic control approach; Thailand; Universal health coverage

Indexed keywords

CHILD MORTALITY; ECONOMIC POLICY; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; MACROECONOMICS; PUBLIC SPENDING; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; QUALITY CONTROL; THAILAND; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; INSURANCE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

THAILAND;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTHCARE FINANCING; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); THAILAND; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84996946580     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.11.022     Document Type: Article

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