We examine the potential and limitations of primary health care in contributing to achievement health-related sustainable development goals (SDGs), recommend policies enable a functioning health-care system. Governments have recently reaffirmed their commitment SDGs through 2018 Declaration Astana, which redefines three functions as: service provision, multisectoral actions empowerment citizens. In other words, cannot be achieved by provision services alone. Some issues are related...

Assistive technologies can benefit a wide range of people, including those with disabilities; age-related frailties; affected by noncommunicable diseases; and requiring rehabilitation. Access to these is limited in low- middle-income countries but the already-high need will inevitably rise further because demographic epidemiological transitions. Four key gaps contribute access. First, although high, demand low, not least widespread lack awareness among potential beneficiaries, their...

Benefit package is crucial for implementing universal health coverage (UHC).This editorial analyses how the benefit of Thai Universal Coverage Scheme (UC Scheme) evolved from an implicit comprehensive which covered all conditions and interventions (with a few exceptions), to additional explicit positive lists.In 2002 when UC was launched; package, including medicines in national essential list medicines, formerly offered by previous schemes were pragmatically adopted.Later, capacities...

Private sector plays an import role in health service provision, therefore the engagement of private facilities is important for ensuring access to services. In Thailand, two three public insurance schemes, Universal Coverage Scheme and Social Health Insurance, contract with fill gaps providers provision services under Coverage. The National Security Office (NHSO) (SSO), which manage schemes respectively, have designed their own contractual agreements facilities. We aim understand current...

Geographical maldistribution has been a critical concern of health workforce planning in Thailand for years. This study aimed to assess the equity distribution public hospitals affiliated Office Permanent Secretary (OPS) Ministry Public Health (MOPH) through application "concentration index" (CI).A cross sectional quantitative design was employed. The dataset comprised 1) data from OPS, MOPH 2016, 2) regional and provincial-level economic National Economic Social Development Board 2015, 3)...

Sustaining universal health coverage requires robust active public participation in policy formation and governance. Thailand's scheme was implemented nationwide 2002, allowing Thailand to achieve full population through three insurance schemes demonstrate improved outcomes. Although position on the World Bank worldwide governance indicators has deteriorated since 1996, provisions for voice accountability were embedded legislation design of scheme. We discuss how related citizens' rights...

Objectives COVID-19 infection increased nephrology-related risks and mortality rate among end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients. The pandemic also disrupted essential healthcare services. We aim to explore all-cause excess ESRD patients who were members of the Universal Coverage Scheme (UCS), largest public health insurance scheme in Thailand covering citizens are not employed formal sector, including children older persons. Design A cross-sectional study. Setting retrieved dataset from...

Universal health coverage (UHC) is one of the targets within Sustainable Development Goals that Member States United Nations have pledged to achieve by 2030. Target 3.8 has two monitoring indicators: 3.8.1 for essential services, which a compound index from 16 tracer indicators recently been developed; and 3.8.2 catastrophic expenditure on health. The global baseline these in 2017 shows progress many low- middle-income countries unlikely be track achieved evaluation mechanism UHC crucial...

<h3>ABSTRACT</h3> <h3>Introduction:</h3> Health systems are complex. Policies targeted at health system development may be informed by policy and research (HPSR). This study assesses HPSR capacity to generate evidence inform in Ethiopia Ghana. <h3>Methods:</h3> We used a mixed-methods approach including self-administered survey selected institutes in-depth interviews of makers. <h3>Results:</h3> Both countries have limited evidence, especially terms mobilizing adequate funding retaining...

### Summary box In May 2021, the 74th World Health Assembly adopted a resolution on oral health,1 14 years after its last health (WHA60.17) in 2007,2 with slow progress access to services. The lack of global-level indicators for monitoring is one major deficiencies driving national and global universal coverage (UHC) agendas health. Prevalence untreated diseases has increased over two decades,3 prevalence rate disorders was ranked first among all since 1990. from 43 634 cases per 100 000...

The challenge of implementing contributory health insurance among populations in the informal sector was a barrier to achieving universal coverage (UHC) Thailand.UHC political manifesto 2001 election campaign. A system not feasible option honour commitment. Given Thailand's fiscal capacity and moderate amount additional resources required, government legislated use general taxation as sole source financing for scheme.Before 2001, four public schemes covered only 70% (44.5 million) 63.5...

Objectives This study assesses effective coverage of diabetes and hypertension in Thailand during 2016–2019. Design Mixed method, analysis National health insurance database 2016–2019 in-depth interviews. Setting Beneficiaries Universal Coverage Scheme residing outside Bangkok. Participants Quantitative was performed by acquiring individual patient data cases the bangkok 2016-2019. Qualitative conducted interview 85 multi-stakeholder key informants to identify challenges. Outcomes Estimate...

Abstract As COVID-19 ravages the world, many countries are faced with grim reality of not having enough critical-care resources to go around. Knowing what could be in store, Thai Ministry Public Health called for creation an explicit protocol determine how these rationed situation demand exceeding supply. This paper shares experience developing triage criteria and a mechanism prioritizing intensive care unit middle-income country potential applied other low- (LMICs) similar (if more a)...

Civil Society organisations (CSOs) play a vital role in supporting HIV/AIDS prevention as they have an advantage over public providers reaching out and maintaining relationships with key populations (KPs). We assessed the National Health Security Office (NHSO)’s contractual arrangement CSOs for Reach-Recruit-Test-Treat-Retain (RRTTR) services, identifies gaps recommends strategies improvement. Document reviews, in-depth interviews 31 informants, inductive thematic analysis were performed....

Abstract Introduction Increased Disability Adjusted Life Year (DALY) of diabetes and hypertension draws policy attention to improve effective coverage. This study assesses coverage the two conditions in Thailand between 2016 2019. Method We estimated total cases using age sex specific prevalence rates for respective populations. Individual data from public insurance databases (2016-2019) were retrieved estimate three indicators: detected need (diagnosed/total cases), crude (received health...