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Asia Pac J Public Health · Jan 2010
The role of health insurance in improving health services use by Thais and ethnic minority migrants.
- Jian Hu.
- Guizhou University of Finance and Economics, Guiyang City, Guizhou, China. jianhu61@yahoo.com
- Asia Pac J Public Health. 2010 Jan 1;22(1):42-50.
AbstractIn Thailand, a universal coverage health care scheme for Thai citizens and a foreign worker health insurance program for registered foreign workers have been implemented since 2001. This study uses the 2000-2004 panel data of the Kanchanaburi Demographic Surveillance System to explore the role of health insurance in influencing the use of health care for Thai, Thai ethnic minority, and ethnic minority migrants from 2000 to 2004. The results show that health insurance plays a major role in improving the use of health care for ethnic groups, especially for Thai ethnic minorities. However, a gap still existed in 2004 between health insurance and health care use by ethnic minority migrants and by Thais. The results suggest that improving health insurance status for ethnic minority migrants should be encouraged to reduce the ethnic gap in the use of health care.
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