Factors Associated with Operational Behavior of the Local Health Security Fund Committee, Ratchaburi Province

Abstract

       The purposes of this study were to determine 1) the level of operational behavior among the local health security fund committee and 2) factors predicting operational behavior of the local health security fund committee, Ratchaburi Province. The sample consisted of 352 local health security fund committees and fund responsible persons. The instrument was a questionnaire on the implementation of the local health security fund. The reliability approached by Cronbach's alpha coefficient was .97. The data were then analyzed for finding frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and multiple regression analysis. The results revealed as follows,

        An analysis of the predictive performance of operational behavior among the local health security fund committees was found that, individual and social contributions were the most predictive (ß = 2.162, p<.001), followed by duration of fund operations (ß= 1.744, p<.001) and operational knowledge was the least predictive (ß= .232, p = .008). All 6 factors could jointly predict the operational behavior of the local health security fund committee, Ratchaburi Province was 81.80 percent (R² adj =.818, p<.01).

       Therefore, to develop operational behavior of the local health security fund

committees, Ratchaburi province. There should be emphasized on promoting the support of individuals and society, encouraging local health security fund committees to serve in their positions for extended periods of time, and adjusting the policies of local government organizations to be up-to-date in accordance with the context of the operation to enhance operational behavior in a positive way and increase the efficiency of the operation of the local health security fund committee.