Universal access to comprehensive Covid-19 services for everyone in Thailand
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| ID | 21880809 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Viroj Tangcharoensathien (0000-0003-3235-0091, International Health Policy Program, Nonthaburi, Thailand), Saranya Sachdev (0000-0003-0086-6966, International Health Policy Program, Nonthaburi, Thailand), Shaheda Viriyathorn (0000-0003-2579-505X, International Health Policy Program, Nonthaburi, Thailand), Kriddhiya Sriprasert (0000-0001-8287-5078, Social Security Office (Thailand)), Lalitaya Kongkam (Social Security Office (Thailand)), Kanchana Srichomphu (Social Security Office (Thailand)), Walaiporn Patcharanarumol (0000-0003-1798-8767, International Health Policy Program, Nonthaburi, Thailand, autor correspondente) |
| Ano | 2022 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Fascículo | 6 |
| Páginas | e009281 |
| Data de publicação | 2022-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Sim |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | BMJ Global Health (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 2059-7908 • E-ISSN: 2059-7908 |
| Editora | BMJ (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1136/bmjgh-2022-009281 |
| PMID | 35649632 |
| OpenAlex | W4281753296 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 12 |
| Referências citadas | 21 |
Despite Thailand having had universal health coverage (UHC) with comprehensive benefit packages since 2002, services are neither listed nor budget earmarked for COVID-19 responses. Policy decisions were made immediately after the first outbreak in 2020 to fully fund a comprehensive benefit package for COVID-19. The Cabinet approved significant additional budget to respond to the unfolding pandemic. The comprehensive benefit package includes laboratory tests, contact tracing, active case findings, 14-day quarantine measures (including tests, food and lodging), field hospitals, ambulance services for referral, clinical services both at hospitals and in home and community isolation, vaccines and vaccination cost, all without copayment by users. No-fault compensation for adverse events or deaths following vaccination is also provided. Services were purchased from qualified public and private providers using the same rate, terms and conditions. The benefit package applies to everyone living in Thailand including Thai citizens and migrant workers. A standardised and comprehensive COVID-19 benefit package for Thai and non-Thai population without copayment facilitates universal and equitable access to care irrespective of capacity to pay and social status and nationality, all while aiming to supporting pandemic containment. Making essential services available, notably laboratory tests, through the engagement of qualified both public and private sectors boost supply side capacity. These policies and implementations in this paper are useful lessons for other low-income and middle-income countries on how UHC reinforces pandemic containment
Business · Contact tracing · Copayment · Disease · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Health care · Health insurance · Pandemic · Population · Public health · COVID-19 epidemiological studies · Global Maternal and Child Health · Healthcare Systems and Reforms · Medicine · Nursing
Covid-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Its Determinants among Myanmar Migrant Workers in Southern Thailand
Learning from pandemic responses
Effect of individual and provincial levels on stress among general population during the Covid-19 pandemic
From Universal Health Coverage services packages to budget appropriation
Covid-19 Vaccine Coverage and Adverse Event Among Cancer Patients During the 2021–2022 Sars-CoV-2 Outbreaks in Thailand
Emotional geography in the digital age
Impacts of external shocks and domestic change on Thailand’s economy and social policies
Health Literacy and Preventive Behaviors towards Covid-19 among Village Health Volunteers and Residents in Urban and Rural Areas of Upper Southern Thailand
The impact of Covid-19 on health financing in Kenya
Policies and practices to attract, retain, support, and reskill health and care workers during the Covid-19 pandemic and future workforce development in Thailand
From the bar to the cowshed
Interacting with global refugee complexity and wresting control
Health systems development in Thailand
Responding to the Covid-19 second wave in Thailand by diversifying and adapting lessons from the first wave
An examination of Thailand’s health care system and strategies during the management of the Covid-19 pandemic
“Because if we talk about health issues first, it is easier to talk about human trafficking”; findings from a mixed methods study on health needs and service provision among migrant and trafficked fishermen in the Mekong
Migrant workers’ occupation and healthcare-seeking preferences for TB-suspicious symptoms and other health problems
Investigation of Measles Outbreak among Thai and Migrant Workers in Two Factories in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand, 2019
Covid-19 Response in Thailand and Its Implications on Future Preparedness
Health Literacy and Its Related Determinants in Migrant Health Workers and Migrant Health Volunteers
Immunization Coverage in Migrant School Children Along the Thailand-Myanmar Border
Financial risk protection of Thailand’s universal health coverage
Annual prevalence of unmet healthcare need in Thailand
Prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection and feasibility of TB preventive therapy among Thai prisoners
Migrant tuberculosis patient needs and health system response along the Thailand–Myanmar border
| Obras citantes distintas | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citações por ano | 3 |
| Intervalo de citações | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Velocidade de citação | current |
| Altamente citado | Não |
| Tipos de citação | Neutras: 12 |