Coping with health care expenses among poor households: Evidence from a rural commune in Vietnam

With the 1980s “Doi Moi” economic reforms, Vietnam transitioned from state-funded health care to a privatized user fee system. Out-of-pocket payments became a major source of funding for treatments received at both public and private health facilities. We studied coping strategies used by residents of Dai Dong, a rural commune of Hanoi, for paying health care costs, assessing the effects of such costs on economic and health stability.

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Year of publication:	2012
Authors:	Nguyen, Kim Thuy ; Khuat, Hai ; Thi, Oanh ; Ma, Shuangge ; Pham, Duc Cuong ; Khuat, Hong ; Thi, Giang ; Ruger, Jennifer Prah
Published in:	Social Science & Medicine. - Elsevier, ISSN 0277-9536. - Vol. 74.2012, 5, p. 724-733
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	Vietnam \| Coping strategies \| Health financing \| Catastrophic expenditures \| Out-of-pocket payments \| Health care expenses \| Poverty \| Rural

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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