webfact Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Hospitals colour coded based on prices of drugs and services By THE NATION Prayoth Benyasut The Deputy of Internal Trade has finished categorizing 300 hospitals as green, yellow, and red according to the prices they charge patients for drugs, Prayoth Benyasut, deputy director general, revealed. “We have listed 164 hospitals as green since the price of their medicines was low,” he said. “The department is preparing a certificate for them.” Moreover, the department has already finished categorizing the remaining hospitals as yellow or red zones, where the prices of drugs are in the range of acceptable to expensive. “At the beginning of 2020, we will hold a meeting to create guidelines for hospitals in these two groups” he added. In addition, for those private hospitals where more than 5,000 service items are deemed as being too expensive, the department is working to come up with a cost appraisal for around 200 to 300 services.. “We expect to announce the cost appraisal in the next year and the price of medical supplies will be specified last, as there are no appraisals we can use for reference,” he added. “The medical supplies price is currently being coded and the estimated budget for this project is around Bt4 to Bt5 million.” Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30379267 -- © Copyright The Nation Thailand 2019-12-10 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 No flashing red for the well know chain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend49 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 15 hours ago, KhunBENQ said: No flashing red for the well know chain? Starts with the letter B? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxx Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 17 hours ago, webfact said: We expect to announce the cost appraisal in the next year Why the delay? They presumably already have a spreadsheet with the cost appraisal. It would take just a few minutes to put it up on their website. Or are the appraisals going to change mysteriously over the next few months? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob12345 Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 1 hour ago, Oxx said: Why the delay? They presumably already have a spreadsheet with the cost appraisal. It would take just a few minutes to put it up on their website. Or are the appraisals going to change mysteriously over the next few months? Hospitals can maybe make donations to move the cut-off points a bit. Cause if you are 50 baht too expensive and end up in yellow, it will be worth quite some money to move the limit or lower prices a fraction to move to green. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibook Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 What is the URL where the hospitals are listed and their prices itemised? If the price of drugs and services was made available people with chronic conditions or wanting elective treatment could calculate the best place based on their needs. But this would mean willingness to challenge the sanctity of the doctor's opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightSky Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 6 hours ago, Oxx said: Why the delay? They presumably already have a spreadsheet with the cost appraisal. It would take just a few minutes to put it up on their website. Or are the appraisals going to change mysteriously over the next few months? I imagine that the next logical step in the project before final release to the public is 'the brown envelope procurement stage'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StayinThailand2much Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Would be great, if they could publish a list for the benefit of consumers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thian Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 What a confusing color system....just do white prices for white folks, yellow for the chinese and brown for the locals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaRoadrunner Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 14 hours ago, legend49 said: Starts with the letter B? B? Otherwise know as Bummer. I complained about their outrageous prices to the Dept of Trade.... nothing done. Just a colour code that lets us know how much we are being over charged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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