Teera Sindecharak. The study of health security among Thai population. Doctoral Degree(Demography). Mahidol University. Mahidol University Library and Knowledge Center. : Mahidol University, 2008.
The study of health security among Thai population
Abstract:
This dissertation studies the health security among Thai people, which covers
four major schemes; Universal Coverage, Social Security, Civil Servant Medical
Benefits and Private Insurance. The background, benefits and service utilization of
each health insurance scheme are explored. This study also examines the effects of
demographic factors on having secondary health insurance. The data are obtained
from the Kanchanaburi Demographic Surveillance System (KDSS) conducted by the
Institute for Population and Social Research, Mahidol University, Round 3 (2002) and
Round 4 (2003). The logistic regression technique is employed to analyze the data.
It is found that age, nationality, marital status, education, occupation, wealth,
living place, health status, health behavior, risk behavior and having primary health
insurance are statistically significantly associated with having secondary health
insurance. While controlling the socio-economic factors and health factors, the chance
of having secondary health insurance in each category increases with age and males
are more likely to have only private health insurance than females.
It can be suggested that having secondary health insurance for the present and
the future, beginning from an early working age, and particularly for females, should
be promoted. The government should encourage people to have secondary health
insurance instead of depending upon only the primary health insurance provided by
the government. This is a way to reduce burden on the government budget to manage
health security of the people.