YOT TEERAWATTANANONa, PRITAPORN KINGKAEWa, TANUNYA KOOPITAKKAJORNa,SITAPORN YOUNGKONGa,b,*, NATTHA TRITASAVITc, PATSRI SRISUWANd and SRIPEN TANTIVESSa aHealth Intervention and Technology Assessment Program (HITAP), Nonthaburi, Thailand bDepartment of Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mahidol Universi

This study is the first stage under the project of development and evaluation concerning the effectiveness of measures to prevent self-harm in Thailand. The problem conditions, involved factors, signals prior to self-harm and measures to prevent self-harm in selected province were studied. The study results illustrate the problems of inaccessibili

Abstract Thailand is encountering challenges to introduce the high-cost sofosbuvir for chronic hepatitis C treatment as part of the Universal Health Care’s benefit package. This study was conducted in respond to policy demand from the Thai government to assess the value for money and budget impac

Katharina Kieslich1,*, Jesse B. Bump2 , Ole Frithjof Norheim3 , Sripen Tantivess4 and Peter Littlejohns1 1 Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, Division of Health and Social Care Research, King’s College London, London, UK 2 Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T. H. Chan School o

The Private Hospital Association has demanded the reimbursement rate for emergency patients under three different state-run health schemes be increased.The association has sent the request to the National Health Security Office and Public Health Ministry, NHSO secretary-general Dr Winai Sawadiworn s

Due to the increasing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in aging populations and the prevalence of unhealthy lifestyles, end-stage renal disease (ESRD) that results from NCDs is a growing concern in Indonesia. With the target of achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by 2019, public prov

President Obama’s health care law is putting new strains on some of the nation’s most hard-pressed hospitals, by cutting aid they use to pay for emergency care for illegal immigrants, which they have long been required to provide.The federal government has been spending $20 billion annually to reimb

Welcome to Bhutan, the land of the Thunder Dragon nested amidst the breathtaking grandeur of the Eastern Himalayas. Guided by the concept of the Gross National Happiness, Bhutan’s constitution mandates access to free basic public health services, for both modern and traditional medicine. Nonetheless

The objective of school health services is to promote good health and prevent from diseases focusing on school-aged children. The services are implemented through the collaboration of the National Health Security Office (NHSO), the Ministry of Public Health, the Ministry of Education and the local community. There are four scopes of work: 1) Health

Abstract Background Home dialysis (HoD) remains underutilized, despite evidence showing it provides comparable mortality rates to in-center hemodialysis (ICHD) while offering advantages such as improved quality of life and lower overall costs. This scoping review comprehensively evaluates the