PUBLISHED : 19 Sep 2024 at 06:23
The cabinet has approved an additional budget of nearly 6 billion baht to compensate healthcare units under the universal healthcare scheme that have suffered significant losses due to rising costs.
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PUBLISHED : 19 Sep 2024 at 06:23
The cabinet has approved an additional budget of nearly 6 billion baht to compensate healthcare units under the universal healthcare scheme that have suffered significant losses due to rising costs.
Public Health Minister Somsak Thepsutin said on Wednesday the 5.92 billion baht allotted is technically required to be disbursed by the end of this fiscal year, Sept 30.
The funds have been diverted from the government’s central budget for the fiscal year, he said.
The minister said about 1 billion baht would offset losses being shouldered by a number of hospitals whose costs of providing outpatient care to patients under the scheme were more than the actual amount of the capitation budget they…