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Thailand's Private Health Care before the 2000s: Is it the Impact of Neo-Liberalism on Health Disparities? |
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| Creator | Thammarat Marohabutr |
| Title | Thailand's Private Health Care before the 2000s: Is it the Impact of Neo-Liberalism on Health Disparities? |
| Publisher | คณะสังคมศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยนเรศวร |
| Publication Year | 2555 |
| Journal Title | วารสารสังคมศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยนเรศวร |
| Journal Vol. | 8 |
| Journal No. | 1 |
| Page no. | 173 |
| Keyword | neo-liberalism,private health care,health disparities,Thailand |
| ISSN | 1686-9192 |
| Abstract | This paper discusses private health care in Thailand before the 2000s whether it is a fruit of neo-liberalism impacting on the issue of health disparities. Promoted by advanced industrialised countries during the 1980s, it is believed that neo-liberalism could generate economic efficiencies provided that the statist role in social services is minimised. This would eventually create economic growth and well-being of people with the role of private sector. While the introduction of neo-liberalism to the Latin American health care sector created adverse effects, the increasing role of private health care in Thailand offered greater choices for the better-off. In regard of greater role of private health care, concerns about the hindrance of health disparities should be taken into account. Based on historical investigation, it is suggested that careful management of private health care in order to mitigate the clue of growth in health disparities having been accentuated. |
