Cervical cancer is a major cause of health burden in Thailand. However, the composite of cost of treatment among cervical cancer patients has not been studied. The objective of this study is to estimate the life-time treatment costs and quality of life among different diagnostic staging of invasive cervical cancer in Thailand using the social viewp

As we approach the end of an unprecedented year, the approval of select COVID-19 vaccines by stringent regulatory authorities and programmatic roll-out has been cause for optimism. However, it is imperative to assure equitable access to those in need in all regions of the world as a core component o

PMAC 2016 Side Event (SE 026): Making decision makers accountable: better journalism – better chances of getting to Universal Health CoverageThis workshop will bring together journalists, bloggers and editors from around the world to share stories of reporting countries’ journey towards and efforts

The Thailand Ministry of Public Health - U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Collaboration (TUC) in collaboration with partners in Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam, conducted a clinical study resulting in a new algorithm for pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) detection. The newly proposed algorithm consists of three initial symptom screening cr

โรคทางพันธุกรรมเป็นหนึ่งในสาเหตุลำดับต้น ๆ ของการเสียชีวิต และทุพพลภาพในผู้ป่วยที่มีอาการรุนแรงเฉียบพลันที่จำเป็นต้องรับรักษาในโรงพยาบาลหรือหอผู้ป่วยวิกฤต เช่น หัวใจหยุดเต้นเฉียบพลัน ภาวะช็อก ภาวะชัก ภาวะเลือดเป็นกรดอย่างรุนแรง เป็นต้น ผู้ป่วยร้อยละ 14 ของผู้ป่วยในหอผู้ป่วยทารกแรกเกิดวิกฤตเป็นโรคทาง

Objective: To analyze the cost-utility of two common clinical practices for stage IB cervical cancer patients from provider and societal viewpoints. Methods: A decision tree model was conducted to examine value for expenditure between the following: (1) radical hysterectomy with pelvic lymph node

Objectives Based on a real-world collaboration with innovators in applying early health economic modeling, we aimed to offer practical steps that health technology assessment (HTA) researchers and innovators can follow and promote the usage of early HTA among research and development (R&D) comm

Executive Summary Digital health technology (DHT) offers the potential to expand universal health coverage (UHC) by answering healthcare needs through a wide range of technology applications for instance artificial intelligence, big data, and machine learning. The adoption of DHT is not a new con

A federal health official’s ruling has cleared the way for 50 different types of cancer to be added to the list of sicknesses covered by a $4.3 billion fund set up to compensate and treat people exposed to the toxic smoke, dust and fumes in the months after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.The

The project aims to develop methods and tools for unit cost analysis of medical and health services, and to develop a standard unit cost list for medical and health services including reference values used for cost analysis. The project is divided into 5 subprojects, 1) Quality indicator development and evaluation of costing studies in Thailand, 2)