That is to say, if the country’s average income at the poverty line in 1998 was 10,932 baht per year, to this would be added the average per capita amount spent on public welfare, about 3,691.2 baht. The resultant survival line of 14,623.2 baht could be considered the basic income required for survival. Use of such an equation results in a fluctuation of the survival line as economic conditions and average health care costs rise and fall during each period.
Consideration 1: Determining who should be fully responsible for their own medical costs (referring to those with higher-than-survival-line incomes). If this system for determining survival line were used, it would be easy to determine who should be responsible for their own medical costs, that is, those with incomes of 14,623 baht or over. This group could choose the means by which they would cover their medical fees, either by cash, health insurance or by public social security funds.
Consideration 1: Determining who should be fully responsible for their own medical costs (referring to those with higher-than-survival-line incomes). If this system for determining survival line were used, it would be easy to determine who should be responsible for their own medical costs, that is, those with incomes of 14,623 baht or over. This group could choose the means by which they would cover their medical fees, either by cash, health insurance or by public social security funds.
Professor Dr Kriengsak Chareonwongsak
Executive Director, Institute of Future Studies for Development (IFD)
kriengsak@kriengsak.com, http://www.ifd.or.th
Executive Director, Institute of Future Studies for Development (IFD)
kriengsak@kriengsak.com, http://www.ifd.or.th
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