The effects of free government health insurance among small children-evidence from the free care for children under six policy in Vietnam

International Journal of Health Planning and Management

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-15

  Nguyen, Ha ^a   Wang, Wenjuan ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Health insurance; Impact evaluation; Small children; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DEVELOPING WORLD; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITAL SECTOR; STATE ROLE;

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFANT; INSURANCE; MALE; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VIET NAM;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; VIETNAM;

VIET NAM;

EID: 84874577120     PISSN: 07496753     EISSN: 10991751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hpm.2114     Document Type: Article

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