Resource
Thailand. A Technical Note to the Government. Financing Universal Health Care in Thailand.
- English
ILO, International Financial and Actuarial Service, International Health Policy Programme (IHPP), Bangkok
International Labour Office
2004
92-2-116176-5
37
Summary (English)
Argues that as long as the universal health care (UC) scheme depends entirely on general revenue financing it will remain vulnerable to budgetary competition and political manipulation rather than evidence on utilization and cost of services - even if it has effective inbuilt cost containment mechanisms.