Political, socio-economic and demographic overview
Mortality profile
The Thai health services
Organisation of the health sector
Expenditure and financing
Health sector reform
Health insurance schemes
The Civil Servants Medical Benefits Scheme
Social Security Scheme
Voluntary Health Card Scheme
Low-Income Card Scheme
Private health insurance
Out of pocket payments
The pharmaceutical market in Thailand
The Thai pharmaceutical market
Basic indicators
Safety Monitoring Programme (SMP)
Drug development, production and importation
The pharmaceutical industry
Overall drug markets
Regulation
Drug legislation
The Thai patent act and drug patent
Safety Monitoring Programme (SMP)
Compulsory licensing
Parallel imports
Patents, copyrights and trademarks
Enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPR) protection
Standards, testing, labelling and certification
Government procurement
Good manufacturing practices
Supply- and demand-side measures for pharmaceuticals
National drug policy
National Essential Drug List (NEDL)
Pricing of pharmaceuticals
The Reference Price System (RPS)
The Ministry of Commerce (MoC) price control
International price comparison
Hospital formulary
Prescribing control
Self-medication and over-the-counter products
Drug procurement
Current issues in intellectual property rights protection
Restrictive formularies
Future prospects
Price regulation
Reference price system
References
Primary sources
Secondary sources