Peerasit Sitthirat

An Assessment of End-of-Life Healthcare Costs for the Thai Population

This project evaluates healthcare costs in the last stage of life among the Thai population, using national claim datasets. It measures service utilization, cost patterns, disease burden, and cost trajectories in the final 24 months of life to inform policy and improve end-of-life care efficiency and equity.

Development Strategies and Policy for Health Workforce Planning using Integrated Models

This project develops an integrated System Dynamics and Agent-Based Modeling framework to analyze long-term challenges and policy options for strengthening Thailand’s health workforce under UHC. By combining 30 years of retrospective data with scenario-based policy experiments, the study aims to provide robust, evidence-informed tools that support sustainable decision-making at national and local levels.

Thailand’s UHC system improves equity but still faces low effective coverage, access gaps, and hospital overcrowding. The Phase 3 evaluation of the “One ID Card” policy shows improved access through innovative units, with remaining challenges in data integration, decentralization oversight, and communication. Findings inform stronger primary care, governance, and system resilience.

Palliative care in Thailand faces challenges in integrating public and private services, limited financing, and gaps in community and home-based care knowledge. This study reviews evidence, analyzes service models across sectors, and engages stakeholders to propose scalable, effective, and equitable palliative care frameworks tailored to local contexts.

Adolescents, Human Capital, and Vulnerability

Problems of Individual Morality or Structural Inequity

From Automatic Headlights to Helmet Use: Is Participation the True Answer?

Experiences of a participatory approach in road traffic injury interventions in Thailand