The future agenda
The future agenda covers a number of issues that have taken on greater importance
since 2001 and that will become even more critical in the future.
The private sector
• Engage more with the private sector in the provision of publicly-funded
care especially in urban areas and establish a single regulatory system
for public and private health-care providers in Thailand. It will be difficult
to pursue national health objectives in the absence of co-operation
between state and private systems. In many countries that have achieved
universal coverage, private-sector hospitals and doctors are regarded as
part of the public scheme because money is coming from the public purse.
Decentralization
• Undertake the research and analysis required to find a more effective
balance between centralization and decentralization. The national