Universal coverage of renal dialysis in Thailand: promise, progress, and prospects.

Sripen Tantivess, senior researcher 1, Pitsaphun Werayingyong, researcher 1, Piyatida Chuengsaman, nephrologist 2, Yot Teerawattananon, programme leader 1

1.Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program (HITAP), Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand
2.Banphaeo Hospital Public Organization, CAPD Service and Training Centre, Bangkok, Thailand

Abstract
Thailand’s experience in introducing renal replacement therapy as part of its universal health coverage scheme shows the importance of evidence and stakeholders’ active participation in all phases of policy development, say Sripen Tantivess and colleagues

Full Text: http://www.bmj.com/content/346/bmj.f462