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Information System for Health Insurance in Thailand. Dr. Somnuek Sirisuwan Senior Expert, National Heath Security Office, Thailand. Presentation topics. Introduction to The National Health Security Act in Thailand The development of information system for health insurance
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Information System for Health Insurance in Thailand Dr. Somnuek Sirisuwan Senior Expert, National Heath Security Office, Thailand
Presentation topics • Introduction to The National Health Security Act in Thailand • The development of information system for health insurance • Utilization of health information in the National Health Security Office (NHSO) • Health information system : Our Future plan
Introduction to The National Health Security Act in Thailand • The universal health coverage system in Thailand had been introduced since 2000. • and the National Health Security Act was enacted in 2002. • Three main health financing schemes including, • Civil servant medical benefit scheme (CSMBS), • Social security scheme (SSS), and • Universal coverage scheme (UC)
Health insurance Scheme • Civil Servant Medical Benefit Scheme (CSMBS) – 1963 : for government employee, retires and dependants • Social security scheme (SSS) –1990 : for private sector employee • Universal Coverage Scheme (UC) – 2002: for the rest of population
The development of information system for health insurance • Because a huge information is needed for supporting the health security office. • A managing information system has been established by using the electronic data which have been collected from health care providers under the act.
The UC scheme is financed by general tax revenue. 2401 Fiscal year 1 Oct – 30 Sep
Initial three main programs • Enrollment and registration • Reimbursement, and • Health service activitiesreports
UC coverage from The enrollment program (46.9 million) Data source : NHSO 16 Jan 09(Total population 64,071,087)
Health care provider registration Note : Primary care unit with nurse practitioners about 10,000 units
Reimbursement In-Patient ~ 4.5-5.0 million claims/years (All Case) Out-Patient ~ 170,000 claims/years (Esp. High cost/Accident/Emergency)
Health service activitiesreports 130,000,000 visits 5,000,000 admissions
Health service information8 Terabytes • Hospital Profile • Population enrollment • Medical Records (OP, PP, IP) • reimbursementrecords • Disease Management Information • Health service reports • Customer feedback information • Budgeting etc .
Customer feedback information , 2008( 1 Oct 2007 – 30 Sep 2008) • Service quality complainม.57,59 • 4,239 (0.48%) (2) General Complaint 19,419 (2.21%) Total calls 879,571 (3) Q&A 852,003 (96.87%) (4) Need for Referral assistant 3,910 (0.44%) 2 www.nhso.go.th
Health service information for DMI 1 IP service Population OP service Service department PP service Individual record Cancer Disease Registration enrollment DMIS 2 AIDS/TB Software
Information technology infrastructures and computer networks have been constantly supported
Utilization of health information in the NHSO • To monitor • the distribution of specific diseases, • health outcome indicators, and health care service performances • the Dispensing information of supplies(such as medications, laboratories, facilities, equipment) for acquired immune deficiency syndrome, tuberculosis, and end-stage kidney disease from the Vender Managed Inventory (VMI) program.
The distribution of tracer diseases(high cost and high burden)
Ischaemic heart diseases (I20-I25) morbidity rate , 2004 -2008 (/100,000 population) year Data source : NHSO 16 Jan 09
Ischaemic heart diseases morbidity rate by region , 2004 -2008 (/100,000 population) Saraburi Ratchaburi Sakonakorn region Data source : NHSO 16 Jan 09
Health outcome and Health care service performances indicators
In patients Case Fatality Rate, 2005 - 2008 2005 2006 2007 2008
Pay for Quality Performance • Service coverage , and some Quality Performance indicators are used for on top payment(1.7 %). • Primary care indicators • Hospital care indicators
the Vender Managed Inventory (VMI) program. GPO VMI reimburse ARV / TB drugsperitoneal dialysis solution Report/billing NHSO GPO : Gov. Pharmaceutical Organization
Health information system : Our Future plan • Three main health financing schemes should be able to exchange together for optimal use of the national health information. • The health service reports will be replaced with individual records. • Maximize the utilization of health information provide by NHSO. • http://www.nhso.go.th/eng/#