NHSO reveals that in the year 65, drugs were delivered to patients’ homes with gold card 550,000 times, mainly for blood pressure, diabetes, HIV, asthma, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Chiang Rai has the largest number of services, while “Suan Saranrom Hospital” joins the highest service.
On November 6, Dr Jadet Thammathatchaaree, Secretary General of the National Health Security Office (NHSO), said that drug delivery services to patients by mail In the gold card system, occurred in the year 2020 during the Covid-19 epidemic by the NHSO which has allocated a budget to support that in the last 2 years it has been well received. from both patient and service unit In addition to reducing waiting times for medications It also helps to reduce congestion in the hospital Establish a new comprehensive system of lifestyle medical services. such as telemedicine services (Telemedicine) ready to provide drugs to patients. particularly patients with chronic illnesses requiring ongoing treatment
Dr. Jadet said that from the NHSO’s service data report for fiscal year 2021-2022, during the two-year period, there were 265 hospitals that participated in delivering medicines to patients by mail, serving 729,964 patients, a total of 1,249,415 times, cost 62,445,356 baht, for the fiscal year 2022, there are 219 hospitals, serving 291,305 patients, a total of 549,092 times, a total of 27,429,776 baht. The top 10 mailed disease groups were hypertension, 66,936 cases, diabetes, 35,555 cases, HIV, 12,479 cases, 7,310 asthma cases, 5,568 chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, 5,568 enlarged prostate, 4,499 ADHD, 4,281 epilepsy, 4,234 heart disease and 3,538 chronic psychiatry.
The five provinces that provided the most drug delivery services were Chiang Rai 107,531, Bangkok 104,614, Surat Thani 68,414, Chiang Mai 68,235, and Buriram 49,559. The first five participating hospitals were Suan Saranrom Hospital. Surat Thani Province 33,285 times, care of 7,319 patients, Phan Hospital, Chiang Rai Province 30,001 times, care of 14,610 patients, Deem Bang Nang Buat Hospital, Suphanburi Province 18,845, care of 6,638 patients, Chaiyaphum Hospital 17,589 times, care to 8,165 patients, and Sakon Nakhon Hospital 17,101 times, caring for 7,140 patients
