PATH ANALYSIS FOR UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE BENEFICIARIES' ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS

Authors

  • Akaranant Kidsom Kasetsart University
  • Non Vorlapanit Department of Economics,Facultyof Economics, Kasetsart University

Keywords:

Path Analysis, Universal Health Care Coverage, Additional Payments

Abstract

The research on Path Analysis for Universal Health Coverage Beneficiaries' Additional Payments has the main objective of studying the facts and the relationships between various variables for additional payments on universal health coverage (UHC). By utilizing 400 sets of completed questionnaire data from the UHC beneficiaries with additional expenses, the path analysis shows that having other types of health insurance coverage directly affects the additional payments in terms of the "used to pay". As for patients with chronic illnesses, making treatment is generally not an emergency and not a serious illness. On the other hand, being a serious illness has a direct positive effect on the urgency for treatment, and thus such urgency leads to a tendency for patients to pay the additional payments. However, it cannot be concluded that there is a relationship between the size of the additional payments and the urgency of the case. It can be said that the groups of patients who are likely to pay more when using UHC include those with other types of health insurance coverage and groups with serious illnesses or having an urgency of treatment.

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Published

28.12.2020

How to Cite

KIDSOM, A.; VORLAPANIT, N. . PATH ANALYSIS FOR UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE BENEFICIARIES’ ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS. RMUTT Global Business and Economics Review, Pathum Thani, Thailand, v. 15, n. 2, p. 33–44, 2020. Disponível em: https://so03.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/RMUTT-Gber/article/view/241750. Acesso em: 6 nov. 2024.

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