Abstract
Thailand has a large number of the migrant laborers working both legally and illegally. In 2014 the
government set a strong policy to officially register migrant workers for providing health insurance. This
research aims to analyze the costs of medical care and health services of the registered migrant workers at
Khao Chakan District, Sa Kaeo Province. This was a descriptive study using secondary data from the
accounting and finance on HOSxP database of the hospital and JHCIS database of Subdistrict Health
Promoting Hospitals in fiscal 2014 and 2015.
The results showed that there were 54 registered migrant workers receiving 90 health care services visits in the fiscal year 2014. In 2015, the number of registered migrant workers increased to 983 people
receiving 596 health care services. The total cost of outpatient in fiscal 2014 and 2015 was 22,588 baht and
145,482.92 baht. The average cost per visit was 250.98 ± 352.18 and 244.10 ± 301.82 baht. The average cost
per registered person was 418.30 baht and 148.00 baht respectively. The percentages of people who turned up for services to the total registered workers were 38.9% and 25.5% respectively. The total revenue of the outpatient from health insurance card for migrant workers in fiscal 2015 was 642.40 baht per person per year.
