This study aims to assess the impact of the compulsory licensing (CL ) policy issued by Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health during December 2006 to January 2008 on antiretroviral drugs - efavirenz and lopinavir/ritonavir combination, an oral antiplatelet agent - clopidogrel, and four anti-cancer drugs - imatinib, erlotinib, letrozole, and doceta

Abstract Background: The impact of telemedicine on health care costs and utilization has not been comprehensively assessed across diverse health care settings. This scoping review aimed to explore these impacts, focusing on the variations in intervention types. Methods: A literature search fol

Abstract Background: The impact of telemedicine on health care costs and utilization has not been comprehensively assessed across diverse health care settings. This scoping review aimed to explore these impacts, focusing on the variations in intervention types. Methods: A literature search follo

The objective of this research is to study the risk factors of health in factory and construction workers at both individual and community levels. This study includes currently available health promotion measures that will provide suggestions for the development of these measures and/or create new measures usingthe societal marketing concept. This

Abstract Introduction: As part of the development of a system for the screening of refractive error in Thai children, this study describes the accuracy and feasibility of establishing a program conducted by teachers. Objective: To assess the accuracy and feasibility of screening by teachers.

Assessing key model parameters for economic evaluation of pandemic influenza interventions: the data source matters. Naiyana Praditsitthikorn,a,b Surachai Kotirum,a Adun Mohara,a Kuntika Dumrongprat,a Roman Perez Velasco,c Yot Teerawattananona aHealth Intervention and Technology Assessment P

Recognizing the benefits of economic evaluations as a tool to inform public health policy, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) in collaboration with the Tufts Medical Center has endeavored to aid in creating the tools, mechanisms, and frameworks to facilitate the generation of research, assessments, and evaluations globally. While the conc

The study suggests that the price of patented medicine in Thailand should be controlled based on equity pricing and outcome pricing. Equity pricing can be estimated from the international reference price and outcome pricing can be evaluated from therapeutic referencing or the pharmacoeconomic price. Moreover, in a case study of 7 medicines granted

Presently, Cost-Effectiveness Analysis has been increasingly adopted in health technology assessment. In addition, it is recognized as an important tool for policy makers in the health care resource allocation decision making process. However, the presentation of Cost-Effectiveness Analysis results in terms of cost per Quality-Adjusted Life Year (Q

By 2036, a staggering 5 billion people will lack access to healthcare if countries fail to increase their public health investment by at least 1% of their GDP. This is the prediction by the World Health Organization (WHO) since2019. While some believe achieving this funding incre