Household out-of-pocket payments for illness: Evidence from Vietnam

BMC Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Thuan, Nguyen Bich Thi ^a   Lofgren, Curt ^b   Chuc, Nguyen Kim Thi ^c   Janlert, Urban ^b   Lindholm, Lars ^b  

^a Planning and Financing Department of Ministry of Health   (Viet Nam)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART DISEASE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL ETHICS; VIET NAM; CLASSIFICATION; ECONOMICS; FAMILY SIZE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; INCOME; PATIENT CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TERMINAL DISEASE;

CATASTROPHIC ILLNESS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COST OF ILLNESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE; EPISODE OF CARE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INCOME; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIAL CLASS; VIETNAM;

EID: 33751348224     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-283     Document Type: Article

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