Why has the Universal Coverage Scheme in Thailand achieved a pro-poor public subsidy for health care?

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Table 1 Amount of government health subsidy by types of health service and facility, 2009 constant price

	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2009
1. Total subsidy, million Baht	34,147	42,300	46,838	44,812	47,505	46,502
1.1 Total OP subsidy	15,092	16,355	16,643	14,341	14,862	20,489
○ Health center	2,363	2,634	2,955	1,656	1,931	2,339
○ District hospital	7,269	7,439	7,847	7,227	6,422	8,523
○ Provincial hospital	3,395	3,994	4,432	4,430	4,642	7,674
○ University hospital	1,001	1,516	818	626	1,037	736
○ Other govt. hospital	1,063	773	589	401	829	1,217
1.2 Total IP subsidy	19,055	25,943	30,195	30,471	32,643	26,013
○ District hospital	7,840	9,117	10,081	10,432	9,969	7,322
○ Provincial hospital	8,115	13,054	15,049	16,364	19,521	16,749
○ University hospital	759	2,496	3,082	2,157	1,747	699
○ Other govt. hospital	2,340	1,276	1,984	1,518	1,405	1,242
2. Total subsidy, Baht per capita	708	884	1,016	945	998	947
2.1 OP subsidy per capita	313	342	361	302	312	417
○ Health center	49	55	64	35	41	48
○ District hospital	150	155	171	153	135	174
○ Provincial hospital	70	83	96	94	97	156
○ University hospital	21	32	18	13	21	15
○ Other govt. hospital	22	16	13	8	17	25
2.2 IP subsidy per capita	395	542	655	642	686	530
○ District hospital	162	191	219	220	210	149
○ Provincial hospital	169	273	326	344	410	341
○ University hospital	16	52	67	45	37	14
○ Other govt. hospital	49	27	43	32	30	25

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