Table 4.
30-Baht user fee | |||
Pay | Exempt | Total | |
Households (n = 61)# | Number (%) | Number (%) | Number (%) |
Use of registered facility | |||
Always | 34 (77.3) | 15 (88.2) | 49 (80.3) |
Often | 3 (6.8) | 2 (11.8) | 5 (8.2) |
Sometimes | 5 (11.4) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (8.2) |
Never | 2 (4.5) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (3.3) |
Households (n = 59)* | |||
Health care access | |||
≥better than before Gold Card | 38 (90.5) | 15 (88.2) | 53 (89.8) |
Same as before Gold Card | 4 (9.5) | 2 (11.8) | 6 (10.2) |
Utilisation of health services | |||
Increased since Gold Card | 21 (50.0) | 10 (58.8) | 31 (52.5) |
Same or worse since Gold Card | 21 (50.0) | 7 (41.2) | 28 (47.5) |
30-Baht Scheme satisfaction | |||
≥Satisfied | 41 (97.6) | 17 (100.0) | 58 (98.3) |
≤Unsatisfied | 1 (2.4) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.7) |
# = one respondent household was registered outside Khon Kaen municipality
* = three non-respondents