Difficulties in getting treatment for injuries in rural Vietnam

Public Health

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 58-65

  Hang, H M ^a   Byass, P ^b  

^a HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Healthcare costs; Healthcare insurance; Healthcare seeking; Healthcare utilization; Injury; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; FINANCIAL SERVICES; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICES; INJURY; RURAL AREA; SERVICE PROVISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; INJURY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF MEDICATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; VIET NAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; VIETNAM; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 58549105905     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2008.07.018     Document Type: Article

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