Data from the first survey of its kind in Thailand, conducted jointly by the
National Statistical Office and the IHPP in 2010, point to a very low prevalence
of unmet need for health services overall, though UCS members had a higher
prevalence than CSMBS and SSS members. As Table 7 shows, only 1.44% and 0.4%
of respondents said they had unmet needs for outpatient and inpatient care
respectively. The main reasons given were lack of time to seek care, uncertainty
about the availability of effective treatment and geographical barriers
(the travelling distance to receive care was too great).