หลักการและเหตุผล สถานะทางสุขภาพของประชาชนถือเป็นดัชนีชี้วัดที่สำคัญในการพัฒนาประเทศและถือเป็นหน้าที่หลักของรัฐบาลในกา

The issue of health equity is important to Thai people, but there has not been a clear measure of its significance. Findings from the “Health Inequality Aversion Survey” confirm that Thai people highly value health equity, although differences exist between the general public and policymakers

This study aimed to survey experience, knowledge, importance, training needs and barriers of economic evaluation and to estimate the current human capacity and gaps in economic evaluation among researchers and policymakers in both the public and private sectors in Thailand. Based on the results, it was found that researchers, healthcare personnel,

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld President Obama’s health care overhaul law, saying its requirement that most Americans obtain insurance or pay a penalty was authorized by Congress’s power to levy taxes. The vote was 5 to 4, with Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. joining the court’s

Vietnam has decided to incorporate Health Technology Assessment (HTA) evidence to support reimbursement decisions for medicines and has recognised the need for standard guidelines for both the process and the methodological aspects of HTA. The Health Strategy and Policy Institute (HSPI), Ministry o

Summary of the HTAsiaLink 2018  In 2018, was co-hosted by the Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program (HITAP) and the Health Technology Assessment Program at Mahidol University from 8-11 May 2018 in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The theme of the conference was “Testing Treatments: Strengthe

Middle-aged men are now the group at highest risk of committing suicide in England, statistics reveal.Key reasons could be job or money worries due to the recession, says a new government strategy to reduce the number of suicides.Suicide rates among young men – previously the most at-risk group – ha

This report summarizes the study visit of delegates from the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Ghana to the Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program Foundation (HITAP), Thailand between 28 October and 1 November 2024.   The report has been prepared by Dr. Brandon Chua and M

Among sensory impairment, hearing impairment is most found in the general population worldwide. WHO estimated in 2011 that more than 360 million people (5% of the world population) have disabling hearing loss. In the Thai population, the prevalence of hearing loss is 4%. Consequences of hearing impairment include inability to interpret speech sound

Nearly 7,000 out of just over 30,000 were thought to have been affected, while tens of thousands of appointments and tests were also hit across the UK. But emergency services were kept running as unions and managers agreed contingency plans ahead of the walkout. In London, a major incident was decla