Abstract:
The study was conducted to analyze 1) the total cost for producing the medicine graduates under the Medicine Curriculum, classified by the sources of expenditure budget and revenue budget, 2) the total cost for producing medicine graduates under the Medicine Curriculum, classified by direct cost and indirect cost, and 3) the cost per head for producing the medicine graduates under the Medicine Curriculum. The study investigated the production cost for the medicine graduates of every level (years 1-6) under the Medicine Curriculum of Thammasat University in academic year 2556.
The data used in the study were the secondary data which consisted of the annual government statement of expenditure and the revenue budget of the fiscal year 2556 allocated to the Faculty of Medicine of Thammasat University, as well as the number of the undergraduate medicine students of every level in academic year 2556. The statistics used for data analysis comprised Percentage, and Mean. The data were analyzed through the expenditure budget and the revenue budget, the direct and indirect costs, while the central university expenditure was not included.
The results of the study showed that the total production cost for the medicine graduates was 327,927,034.23 Baht, with the expenditure cut from the annual government statement of expenditure at 311,183,560.84 Baht (94.90%), and from the revenue budget at 16,173,473.39 Baht (5.10%). The direct cost for producing the medicine graduates was 200,245,776.29 Baht (61.06%), while the indirect cost was 127,681,256.94 Baht (38.94%). The cost per head for producing the medicine graduates of years 1-6 was 1,892,818.98 Baht, with the highest cost of 399,806.06 Baht per unit for the students of year 6, next below were the students of year 4 at 384,682.47 Baht, the students of year 5 at 364,517.69 Baht, the students of year 1 at 250,821.07 Baht, the students of year 2 at 248,658.46 Baht, and the students of year 3 at 244,333.23 Baht respectively.