User fees and health service utilization in Vietnam: How to protect the poor?

Public Health

Volumn 122, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1068-1078

  Dao, H T ^a   Waters, H ^b   Le, Q V ^c  

^a Center for Community Health Strategy   (Viet Nam)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Concentration index; Health service utilization; Poverty; User fees; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIALIZATION; ECONOMIC REFORM; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; MARKET TRANSITION; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; USER FEE;

ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMMUNITY CARE; DRUG INDUSTRY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; MEDICAL ETHICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; PRIVATE PRACTICE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; VIET NAM;

FEES AND CHARGES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; POVERTY; VIETNAM;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 51249111691     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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