ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2017
Health Care Payments in Vietnam: Patients' Quagmire of Caring for Health versus Economic Destitution.
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- Insured-non-insured disparity of catastrophic health expenditure in Northwest Ethiopia: a multivariate decomposition analysis.Health economics review · 2024Article
- Leaving no one behind in health: Financial hardship to access health care in Ethiopia.PloS one · 2023Article
- Utilization of health insurance by patients admitted for dental surgical procedures at a tertiary care hospital in Coastal Karnataka: a retrospective study.F1000Research · 2023Article
- An Assessment of Outpatient Satisfaction with Hospital Pharmacy Quality and Influential Factors in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Good budget or good care: The dilemma of social health insurance in Vietnam.SAGE open medicine · 2021Article
- Rapid Assessment of the Potential Paucity and Price Increases for Suggested Medicines and Protection Equipment for COVID-19 Across Developing Countries With a Particular Focus on Africa and the Implications.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2020Article
- Rapid Assessment of Price Instability and Paucity of Medicines and Protection for COVID-19 Across Asia: Findings and Public Health Implications for the Future.Frontiers in public health · 2020Article
- Excess direct hospital cost of treating adult patients with ventilator associated respiratory infection (VARI) in Vietnam.PloS one · 2018Article
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Abstract
In the last three decades many developing and middle-income nations' health care systems have been financed via out-of-pocket payments by individuals. User fees charges, however, may not be the best approach or thenmost equitable approach to finance and/or reform health services in developing nations. This study investigates the status of Vietnam's current health system as a result of implementing user fees policies. A recent mandate by the government to increase the universal cover to 100% attempts to tackle inadequate insurance cover, one of the four major factors contributing to the high and increasing probability of destitution for Vietnamese patients (the other three being: non-residency, long stay in hospital, and high cost of treatment). Empirical results however suggest that this may be catastrophic for low-income earners: if insurance cover reimbursement decreases below 50% of actual health expenditures, the probability of Vietnamese falling into destitution will rise further. Our findings provide policy implications and directions to improve Vietnam's health care system, in particular by ensuring the utilization of health services and financial protection for the people.
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