Coping with health care expenses among poor households: Evidence from a rural commune in Vietnam

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 724-733

  Nguyen, Kim Thuy ^a   Hai Khuat, Oanh Thi ^b   Ma, Shuangge ^a   Pham, Duc Cuong ^b   Hong Khuat, Giang Thi ^b   Ruger, Jennifer Prah ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Institute for Social Development Studies   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Catastrophic expenditures; Coping strategies; Health care expenses; Health financing; Out of pocket payments; Poverty; Rural; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

COPING STRATEGY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH SERVICES; POVERTY; RURAL AREA; RURAL ECONOMY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC REFORM; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CARE; VIET NAM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; VIETNAM;

HANOI; VIET NAM;

EID: 84857064644     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.10.027     Document Type: Article

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