Government use licenses in Thailand: The power of evidence, civil movement and political leadership Suwit Wibulpolprasert1, Vichai Chokevivat2, Cecilia Oh3 and Inthira Yamabhai3* 3Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program Abstract This paper attempts to describe and analyse t

Abstract Thailand is encountering challenges to introduce the high-cost sofosbuvir for chronic hepatitis C treatment as part of the Universal Health Care’s benefit package. This study was conducted in respond to policy demand from the Thai government to assess the value for money and budget impac

Government use licenses in Thailand: an assessment of the health and economic impacts Inthira Yamabhai, Adun Mohara, Sripen Tantivess*, Kakanang Chaisiri and Yot Teerawattananon. Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program (HITAP) Background Between 2006 and 2008, Thailand’s Mi

Advanced health biotechnologies in Thailand: redefining policy directions. Román Pérez Velasco1*, Usa Chaikledkaew2,3, Chaw Yin Myint2 , Roongnapa Khampang2 , Sripen Tantivess2 and Yot Teerawattananon2* Abstract Background: Thailand faces a significant burden in terms of treating and managi

YOT TEERAWATTANANONa, PRITAPORN KINGKAEWa, TANUNYA KOOPITAKKAJORNa,SITAPORN YOUNGKONGa,b,*, NATTHA TRITASAVITc, PATSRI SRISUWANd and SRIPEN TANTIVESSa aHealth Intervention and Technology Assessment Program (HITAP), Nonthaburi, Thailand bDepartment of Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mahidol Universi

Due to the increasing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in aging populations and the prevalence of unhealthy lifestyles, end-stage renal disease (ESRD) that results from NCDs is a growing concern in Indonesia. With the target of achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by 2019, public prov

Katharina Kieslich1,*, Jesse B. Bump2 , Ole Frithjof Norheim3 , Sripen Tantivess4 and Peter Littlejohns1 1 Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, Division of Health and Social Care Research, King’s College London, London, UK 2 Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T. H. Chan School o

The Private Hospital Association has demanded the reimbursement rate for emergency patients under three different state-run health schemes be increased.The association has sent the request to the National Health Security Office and Public Health Ministry, NHSO secretary-general Dr Winai Sawadiworn s

President Obama’s health care law is putting new strains on some of the nation’s most hard-pressed hospitals, by cutting aid they use to pay for emergency care for illegal immigrants, which they have long been required to provide.The federal government has been spending $20 billion annually to reimb

Impact of the Introduction of Government Use Licences on the Drug Expenditure on Seven Medicines in Thailand. Adun Mohara, MSccorrespondenceemail, Inthira Yamabhai, MBA, Kakanang Chaisiri, BSPs, Sripen Tantivess, PhD, Yot Teerawattananon, PhD Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program