Closing the Equity Gap of Access to Emergency Departments of Private Hospitals in Thailand

Background. Previous policy implementation in 2012 to incentivize private hospitals in Thailand, a country with universal health coverage, to provide free-of-charge emergency care using DRG-based payment resulted in an equity gap of access and copayment. To bridge the gap, strategic policies involvi...

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Main Authors: Paibul Suriyawongpaisal, Pongsakorn Atiksawedparit, Samrit Srithamrongsawad, Thanita Thongtan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-01-01
Series:Emergency Medicine International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/6470319
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