Health financing is a component of the health system, crucial in achieving universal health coverage (UHC). Careful design of its three main functions, resource mobilisation, pooling and allocation, ensures improved access to essential health services and financial risk protection for

(Petchburi, Thailand) 14-16 May 2012, the HTAsiaLink, the health technology assessment-HTA collaboration in Asia organized its first academic annual conference in Petchburi, Thailand. The Health Intervention and Technology Assessment (HITAP, Thailand) hosted the conference together with other HTAsia

The findings published in the New England Journal of Medicine could fuel a political furor over new plans for a nationwide expansion of Medicaid that erupted after the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling to uphold President Barack Obama’s healthcare law in late June.In an unexpected move, the high court rul

Priority setting decisions in health policy are unavoidable. Priority setting has inevitable consequences in terms of foregone health benefits. Decisions can be optimized by ensuring that decision makers have clarity about both the costs and benefits of different options. The use of economic evaluation methods can provide a systematic approach to r

By Branwen Jeffreys and Nick Triggle BBC NewsAn NHS hospital trust has been formally warned it could be declared bust – in the first case of its kind.South London Healthcare, which runs three hospitals, had debts of £69m at the start of the financial year.The health secretary has told the trust an a

Background Target Product Profiles (TPPs) serve as strategic tools for planning medical innovation development, facilitating communication with regulators, and developing market access strategies. Modelling can assist TPPs development and provide guidance on defining attributes. This scoping re

Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Thiazolidinediones in Uncontrolled Type 2 Diabetic Patients Receiving Sulfonylureas and Metformin in Thailand. Suphachai Chirakup1,2 Nathorn Chaiyakunapruk1,3,4 Usa Chaikledkeaw5,6 Petcharat Pongcharoensuk5 Boonsong Ongphiphadhanakul7 Stephane Roze8 William J. Val

Sripen Tantivess & Viroj Tangcharoensathien Abstract Thailand achieves universal health coverage through the introduction of 3 benefit schemes: the Civil Servant Medical Benefit Scheme (CSMBS), Social Security Scheme, and Universal Coverage Scheme. The primary benefit package of these sche

There is a growing demand for public health insurance programmes to reimburse high-cost medicines, including those that do not represent good value-for-money. This demand is likely to inhibit financial sustainability, given the growth of new technologies and public demands for expanded access to car

There is a growing demand for public health insurance programmes to reimburse high-cost medicines, including those that do not represent good value-for-money. This demand is likely to inhibit financial sustainability, given the growth of new technologies and public demands for expanded access to car