Objective: Vietnam’s healthcare system has undergone numerous reforms while institutionalizing a market-based mechanism …

little hard empirical evidence. The author builds on recent empirical work to explore in the context of postreform Vietnam … the medical care costs associated with health shocks, and is consistent with the very generous coverage of Vietnam …

Vietnam. The inception of the health care system refers to the first legislation stipulating entitlements to medical care. The … in Vietnam. This report is part of the CRC 1342 Social Policy Country Briefs Series. …

Vietnam's successes in the health sector are legendary. Its rates of infant and under-five mortality are comparable to … those of countries with substantially higher per capita incomes. Vietnam continues to be an over-achiever in the health … sector according to data assembled in this book. Like other countries, though, Vietnam faces challenges in its health system …