Policy Management Factor Affecting Access to Health Service Management of Transnational Labours in Thailand

Abstract

  The objective of this research was to study factors of public health management affecting access to health services of transnational workers in seafood processing industry in Samut Sakhon Province in Thailand. This research employed quantitative methodology. The sample size of this survey were 412 transnational workers who bought health insurance cards from Ministry of Public Health. Data collection was compiled through questionnaires. The descriptive statistics for data analysis included mean and standard deviation, whereas the inferential statistics used to test hypothesis of this research was path analysis.
   The result of the study showed that the mean of the overall factors of public health management affecting access to health services was high with a score of 3.85. In addition, correlation analysis between factors of public health management and an access to health services was reflected positive relationships as 0.514 with statistical signification at the 0.00 level. Most important, the result of hypothesis testing showed that factors of public health management influenced an access to health services of transnational workers in Thailand as 0.69. Therefore, the hypothesis was accepted with statistical signification at the 0.05 level.