Changes in out-of-pocket payments for healthcare in Vietnam and its impact on equity in payments, 1992-2002

Health Policy

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 38-48

  Chaudhuri, Anoshua ^a   Roy, Kakoli ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Healthcare; Horizontal equity; Out of pocket payments; Vertical equity; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INCOME; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONLINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; VIET NAM;

FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL CLASS; VIETNAM;

EID: 50149083444     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2008.02.014     Document Type: Article

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