The authors examine the effects of the introduction of Vietnam's health insurance (VHI) program on health outcomes … biases due to inappropriate specification of the outcome regression model. The authors' results suggest that Vietnam's health …, health care utilization, and non-medical household consumption. The use of panel data collected before and after the …

The authors examine the effects of the introduction of Vietnam's health insurance (VHI) program on health outcomes … biases due to inappropriate specification of the outcome regression model. The authors' results suggest that Vietnam's health …, health care utilization, and non-medical household consumption. The use of panel data collected before and after the …

Vietnam two related issues: (1) how far household income and medical care spending responds to health shocks, and (2) how far … the medical care costs associated with health shocks, and is consistent with the very generous coverage of Vietnam …"While there is a great deal of anecdotal evidence on the economic effects of adverse health shocks, there is …