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Paying for health care in Vietnam
— extending voluntary health insurance coverage | | Author(s) | Matthew Jowett, Robin Thompson |
| Corporate Author | Centre for Health Economics, University of York |
| Publisher | University of York, York, 1999 |
| Pages | 16 pp (Centre for Health Economics Discussion paper 167) |
| Source | Publications Centre, Centre for Health Economics, University of York YO1 5DD. |
| Keywords | Health services ; Finance [care] ; Health insurance ; Social policy ; Vietnam. |
| Annotation | Vietnam has been undergoing significant change in its policies for funding the public sector, particularly health. Compulsory health insurance was introduced in 1993 for government workers, and a voluntary scheme targeting the informal and agricultural sectors was introduced in the same year. The development of this voluntary scheme has been studied by the Department for International Development (DFID). This discussion paper aims to synthesise reports and research projects conducted by the International Programme at the Centre for Health Economics concerning the Vietnamese health system. It analyses the experience of voluntary health insurance to date, and makes recommendations to policy-makers on its future development. Three key areas which will assist the development and extension of the scheme are identified: what motivates people to buy health insurance; financial sustainability; and equity in access to health services. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990420214 B |
| Classmark | L: QC: WPG: TM2: 7HM |
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