The document review showed that views differed between the
NHSB and civil society groups on whether the HIS-PCP should rather
be managed by the NHSO due to higher institutional capacity.
The NHSB Committee had made no move to assume responsibility
for the HIS-PCP due to fear of breaching the 2002 National Health
Security Act, which stipulates that the NHSO has the duty to ensure
good health of ‘Thai citizens’ (Suphanchaimat et al. 2013a). Their
predicament was whether ‘Thai citizen’ refers to ‘anybody with Thai
nationality’ or ‘anybody standing on Thai soil’ (Paisanpanichkul
2008).