Implementing health insurance for migrants, Thailand;Mise en oeuvre de l’assurance maladie pour les migrants en Thaïlande;Implementación de seguros médicos para los emigrantes, Tailandia

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 146-151

  Tangcharoensathien, Viroj ^a   Thwin, Aye Aye ^b   Patcharanarumol, Walaiporn ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^b Bureau for Global Health United States Agency for International Development (USAID)   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; MIGRANT WORKER; SOCIAL SECURITY; WORKPLACE;

GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMIGRATION; MIGRANT WORKER; PUBLIC HEALTH; SANITATION; SCALE UP; THAILAND; VOLUNTEER; WORKPLACE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INSURANCE; MASS SCREENING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANT;

THAILAND;

COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MASS SCREENING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; THAILAND; UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS;

EID: 85011319798     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.16.179606     Document Type: Article

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