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Assessment of the Economic Cost of Alternative Medicine |
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| Creator | Sarun Weesaphen |
| Title | Assessment of the Economic Cost of Alternative Medicine |
| Publisher | Faculty of Economics, Chulalongkorn University |
| Publication Year | 2560 |
| Journal Title | Southeast Asian Journal of Economics |
| Journal Vol. | 5 |
| Journal No. | 1 |
| Page no. | 1 20 |
| Keyword | Assessment, Economic cost, Alternative medicine |
| URL Website | http://www.econ.chula.ac.th/public/publication/journal/sajehome.php |
| Website title | Southeast Asian Journal of Economics |
| ISSN | 2465-5120 |
| Abstract | This research aimed to assess the economic cost of alternative medicine. The research hypotheses state that the direct cost for patients with shoulder ache, backache, knee ache, paresis, and paralysis world be higher than the indirect cost. The study employed the human capital using prevalence approach. The results show that the direct cost for patients with the listed conditions was higher than the indirect cost because most of the direct cost involved expenses related to medical care, food, accommodation, and travel. The study's findings also revealed that expenses for patients from non-local districts were usually higher than those from the local area, and that most patients had an education at a lower level than bachelor degree - meaning that they had low or no income. The indirect cost was relatively low and the cost of travel and waiting for medical care was not higher than expected. |
