Disparity between the Reimbursement and Unit Cost for HIV/AIDS Antiretroviral Treatment for Migrant Patients Insured in the ‘Health Insurance Card Scheme’, Thailand, 2015-2017
Abstract:The Health Insurance Card Scheme (HICS), a national insurance scheme for cross-border migrants in Thailand, provides a vast range of benefit packages, including antiretroviral treatment (ART) for HIV/AIDS. This study aimed to assess and compare the reimbursement claimed by the HICS for ART beneficiaries per person against the actual ART unit cost at district, provincial, and regional hospitals. Data were retrospectively collected from two main datasets. The first dataset was used for the calculation for ART re… Show more
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