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. 2004 Jan 10;328(7431):103-5.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7431.103.

Learning from Thailand's health reforms

Adrian Towse  1 , Anne Mills, Viroj Tangcharoensathien
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Learning from Thailand's health reforms

Adrian Towse et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Providing all of Thailand's population with subsidised health care required radical changes in the health system

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The Hai healthcare system is dominated by hospitals Credit: SAEED KHAN/GETTY IMAGES
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