Thailand Public Finance Management Report

Lindelöw, Magnus; Hawkins, Loraine; Osornprasop, Sutayut

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“…By the early 2000s, the MDG target of halving the population living in poverty was attained. Immunization coverage of diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis increased to 98%, prevalence of modern contraception increased to 73%, excess child mortality decreased and rich/poor and urban/rural gaps in maternal/child health services were reduced [ 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 ].…”

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National and Subnational Population-Based Incidence of Cancer in Thailand: Assessing Cancers with the Highest Burdens

Virani

Bilheem

Chansaard

et al. 2017

Cancers

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In Thailand, five cancer types—breast, cervical, colorectal, liver and lung cancer—contribute to over half of the cancer burden. The magnitude of these cancers must be quantified over time to assess previous health policies and highlight future trajectories for targeted prevention efforts. We provide a comprehensive assessment of these five cancers nationally and subnationally, with trend analysis, projections, and number of cases expected for the year 2025 using cancer registry data. We found that breast (average annual percent change (AAPC): 3.1%) and colorectal cancer (female AAPC: 3.3%, male AAPC: 4.1%) are increasing while cervical cancer (AAPC: −4.4%) is decreasing nationwide. However, liver and lung cancers exhibit disproportionately higher burdens in the northeast and north regions, respectively. Lung cancer increased significantly in northeastern and southern women, despite low smoking rates. Liver cancers are expected to increase in the northern males and females. Liver cancer increased in the south, despite the absence of the liver fluke, a known factor, in this region. Our findings are presented in the context of health policy, population dynamics and serve to provide evidence for future prevention strategies. Our subnational estimates provide a basis for understanding variations in region-specific risk factor profiles that contribute to incidence trends over time.

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National and Subnational Population-Based Incidence of Cancer in Thailand: Assessing Cancers with the Highest Burdens

Virani

Bilheem

Chansaard

et al. 2017

Cancers

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“…Increased funding simply followed the political commitment and prioritisation of health. However, it took almost 13 years for the Thai government to double its share of health spending in GDP—from 1.5 per cent in 1995 to 3 per cent in 2008 (Lindelow, Hawkins, & Osornprasop, 2012). Expectedly, the increase in the government health spending led to a decline in the share of private spending in the total health spending in Thailand.…”

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Government Health Spending in India: Who Will Fund the Target of 2.5 Per Cent of GDP?

Ahuja

2019

Journal of Development Policy and Practice

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India has set an ambitious goal of raising public health spending to 2.5 per cent of GDP by 2025. This is hardly comforting, given India's track record of consistently missing the goals set previously in this regard. To avoid missing the goal this time around, it is necessary to have a good understanding of what it would take to achieve the goal. One of the important aspects in the realisation of this goal is how the financing responsibility will be shared between the centre and states. This has not been spelled out in the latest National Health Policy 2017. A counterfactual analysis provides some useful insights into the question of the split in financing responsibility between the centre and states. Specifically, we examine if the goal of 2.5 per cent of GDP were to be achieved in 2015-2016 itself, how this responsibility would have been split between the centre and states. The analysis suggests that while the states' health spending would have doubled, the centre's health spending would have more than tripled. More importantly, the centre's share in total public health spending would have increased from 31 per cent to almost 42 per cent, indicating the need for centre's health spending to grow faster than that of the states' health spending. This result is significant in the wake of states getting greater say in prioritising their spending as reflected in the higher share for states in devolved central taxes, post-14th Finance Commission award.

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Health Care Delivery System: Thailand

Hughes

Srithamrongsawat

2014

The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Health, Illness, Behavior, and Society

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Thailand became a pathfinder for lower‐ and middle‐income countries when it introduced universal health care for its citizens in 2002. The country has a mixed but predominantly public system, with an extensive network of administrative offices, hospitals, and health centers at provincial and district levels. This entry describes the three public health insurance programs: the Universal Coverage Scheme (UCS), the Social Security Scheme (SSS), and the Civil Servant Medical Benefit Scheme (CSMBS), and the entitlements provided for members. Special attention is given to the UCS and its strengths and weaknesses. Research evidence suggests that the UCS has had strong positive impacts on access to care, equity of access, financial risk protection, and reduction in unmet need, but has brought more limited gains in building primary care capability in rural areas and developing disease prevention and health promotion.

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Thailand Public Finance Management Report

Cited by 3 publications

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National and Subnational Population-Based Incidence of Cancer in Thailand: Assessing Cancers with the Highest Burdens

National and Subnational Population-Based Incidence of Cancer in Thailand: Assessing Cancers with the Highest Burdens

Government Health Spending in India: Who Will Fund the Target of 2.5 Per Cent of GDP?

Health Care Delivery System: Thailand

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