Universal Health Coverage - Assignment

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Universal Health Coverage - Assignment

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TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1Universal coverage implementation and its impacts on supply and demand in Thailand's healthsector................................................................................................................................................1CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................3REFERENCES................................................................................................................................4

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TITLEThe implementation process of universal health coverage in Thailand and its impacts onhealth sector's supply and demand in retrospect: what was wrong, what was right?INTRODUCTIONUniversal Health Coverage (UHC) means health care provided to total population underthe provided health plan or as comprehensive coverage of health without taking any fees(Stuckler and et.al., 2010). However, the features and essentials of services provided underUniversal Health Coverage remains unclear. WHO Primary Health Care describes the servicesprovided under coverage as a basket of service which includes basic drugs and medicalinterventions. In the early 2002, Universal Coverage (UC) of healthcare has been established inThailand. In this context, the focus of review is to analyse the implications of UniversalCoverage and its impact on supply and demand in Thailand's health sector. The evaluation ofreform will be described in the report. UNIVERSAL COVERAGE IMPLEMENTATION AND ITS IMPACTS ONSUPPLY AND DEMAND IN THAILAND'S HEALTH SECTORPrior implementation of Universal Coverage in Thailand in 2002, four health insuranceprogram were implemented in order to provide health insurance coverage to the natives ofThailand (Tangcharoensathien and et.al., 2014). In the past 2 decades, significant investment bysuccessive government in Thailand has been made in order to enhance the public health serviceinfrastructure at district and sub district levels. In order to achieve full coverage, governmentmade explicit pro poor – pro rural policy so that sub districts and district health centres can beenhanced. Albeit, lack of political support has been provided to Universal Coverage in Thailanduntil the TRT party perceived it as an opportunity to seize an idea for campaign in generalelection (Tangcharoensathien and et.al., 2007). After that, much political interest has been laid inthe policy. The political parties stress more on upstreaming the process in formation of policies.In downstream of policy, political actors plays significant role in redesigning the implementationof Universal Coverage of healthcare in Thailand. Universal Coverage impact on the supply and demand in Thailand health sectorImplementation of Universal Coverage of healthcare in Thailand benefited three corefactors in the country which are political commitment, engagement of civil society and technical

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