Public health services use in a mountainous area, Vietnam: Implications for health policy

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 86-93

  Toan, N V ^a   Trong, L N ^b   Hojer B ^c   Persson, L A ^d  

^a HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Viet Nam)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

fees for service; health services use; inequity; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VIET NAM;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; UNCOMPENSATED CARE; VIETNAM;

EID: 0036370838     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/14034948020300020201     Document Type: Article

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