The impact of universal health coverage on households’ consumption and savings in Thailand

References

• Chou, S.-Y., J.-T. Liu, and J. Hammit. 2003. “National Health Insurance and Precautionary Savings: Evidence from Taiwan.” Journal of Public Economics 87: 1873–1894.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chou, S.-Y., J.-T. Liu, and C. Huang. 2004. “Health Insurance and Saving Over the Life Cycle: A Semiparametric Smooth Coefficient Estimation.” Journal of Applied Econometrics 19: 295–322.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Deaton, A. 1985. “Panel Data from Times Series of Cross Sections.” Journal of Econometrics 30: 109–126.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Deaton, A. 1992. Understanding Consumption. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
   Google Scholar
• Ghislandi, S., W. Manachotphong, and V. M. Perego. 2015. “The Impact of Universal Health Coverage on Health Care Consumption and Risky Behaviors: Evidence from Thailand.” Health Economics, Policy and Law 10: 251–256.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gruber, J., N. Hendren, and R. Townsend. 2014. “The Great Equalizer: Health Care Access and Infant Mortality in Thailand.” American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 6 (1): 91–107.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gruber, J., and A. Yelowitz. 1999. “Public Health Insurance and Private Savings.” Journal of Political Economy 107 (6): 1249–1275.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Guariglia, A., and M. Rossi. 2004. “Private Medical Insurance and Saving: Evidence from the British Household Panel Survey.” Journal of Health Economics 23 (4): 761–783.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hanvoravongchai, P., and W. Hsiao. 2007. “Thailand: Achieving Universal Coverage with Social Health Insurance.” In Social Health Insurance for Developing Nations, edited by W. C. Shaw, 133–154. Washington, DC: The World Bank.
   Google Scholar
• Kimball, M. 1990. “Precautionary Savings: A Panel Study.” Review of Economics and Statistics 79 (2): 241–247.
   Google Scholar
• Kirdruang, P. 2011. “Essays in Economics of Public Health Insurance in Developing Countries: Evidence from Thailand and Vietnam.” Doctoral diss., University of Minnesota.
   Google Scholar
• Kong, M. K., J. Y. Lee, and H. K. Lee. 2008. “Precautionary Motive for Saving and Medical Expenses under Health Uncertainty: Evidence from Korea.” Economics Letters 100 (1): 76–79.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kotlikoff, L. J. 1989. “Health Insurance and Precautionary Savings. In What Determines Savings? edited by L. J. Kotlikoff, 141–162. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
   Google Scholar
• Limwattananon, S., S. Neelson, O. O'Donnell, P. Prakongsai, V. Tangcharoensathien, E. van Doorslaer, and V. Vongmongkol. 2015. “Universal Coverage on a Budget: Impacts on Health Care utilization and Out-of-Pocket Expenditures in Thailand.” Journal of Public Economics 121: 79–94.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Maynard, A., and J. Qiu. 2009. “Public Insurance and Private Savings: Who is Affected and by How Much?” Journal of Applied Econometrics 24 (2): 282–308.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• McKenzie, D. 2001. “Consumption Growth in a Booming Economy: Taiwan 1976-96.” Yale Economic Growth Center Discussion Paper 823. New Haven: Yale University.
   Google Scholar
• McKenzie, D. 2005. Measuring Inequality with Asset Indicators.” Journal of Population Economics 18: 229–260.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Na Ranong, V., A. Na Ranong, and S. Wongmonta. 2005. Impact of the 30-baht Program on Healthcare Expenditures Among Different Income Groups. Bangkok, Thailand: Thailand Development Research Institute.
   Google Scholar
• NESDB (National Economic and Social Development Board). 2003. The 30-baht Program. Bangkok, Thailand: National Economic and Social Development Board.
   Google Scholar
• NSO (National Statistical Office). 2007. Summary Statistics of Health and Welfare Survey. Bangkok, Thailand: National Statistical Office.
   Google Scholar
• Panpiemras, J., T. Puttinun, K. Samphantharak, and K. Thampanishvong. 2011. “Impact of Universal Health Coverage on Patient Demand for Health Care Services in Thailand.” Health Policy 103 (2): 228–235. DOI:10.1016/j.healthpol.2011.08.008
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Paxson, C. H. 1992. “Using Weather Variability to Estimate the Response of Savings to Transitory Income in Thailand.” American Economic Review 82 (1): 15–33.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sakunphanit, T. 2006. Thailand: Universal Health Care Coverage Through Pluralistic Approaches. Bangkok: ILO Subregional Office for East Asia.
   Google Scholar
• Somkotra, T., and L. P. Lagrada. 2008. “Payments for Health Care and its Effect on Catastrophie and Impoverishment: Experience from the Transition to Universal Coverage in Thailand.” Social Science and Medicine 67 (12): 2027–2035.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Starr-McCluer, M. 1996. “Health Insurance and Saving.” American Economic Review 86 (1): 285–295.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Suraratdecha, C., S. Saithanu, and V. Tangcharoensathien. 2005. “Is Universal Coverage a Solution for Disparities in Health Care? Findings from Three Low-Income Provinces of Thailand.” Health Policy 73: 272–284.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wagstaff, A., D. Cotlear, P. H.-V. Eozenou, and L. R. Buisman. 2015. “Measuring Progress Towards Universal Health Coverage.” World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 7470. Washington, DC: The World Bank.
   Google Scholar
• Wagstaff, A., and W. Manachotphong. 2012 “The Health Effects of Universal Health Care: Evidence from Thailand.” Policy Research Working Paper 6119. Washington, DC: The World Bank.
   Google Scholar
• Wibulpolprasert, S., and S. Thaiprayoon. 2008. “Thailand: Good Practice in Expanding Health Coverage – Lessons from the Thai Health Care Reforms.” In Good Practices in Health Financing: Lessons from Reforms in Low- and Middle-Income Countries, edited by P. Gottret, G. J. Schieber, and H. R. Waters, 355–383. Washington, DC: The World Bank.
   Google Scholar