HEALTH
Siriraj dean calls for patient charges amid fund delays
- Published: 30 Jan 2013 at 00.00
- Newspaper section: News
Patients should pay for some of the treatments which hospitals charge to health scheme operators to offset flaws in the reimbursement system, a senior doctor said yesterday.
These flaws have left state hospitals cash-strapped, Dr Udom Kachintorn, dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Siriraj Hospital said.
Operators of the three major healthcare schemes are slow in reimbursing hospitals for services they provide patients, which leaves the hospitals short of money and forced to raise fees to compensate, Dr Udom said.
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