Socioeconomic inequalities in catastrophic health expenditure and impoverishment associated with non-communicable diseases in urban Hanoi, Vietnam

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Kien, Vu Duy ^a,e   Van Minh, Hoang ^a   Giang, Kim Bao ^b   Dao, Amy ^c   Tuan, Le Thanh ^d   Ng, Nawi ^e  

^a HANOI UNIVERSITY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Viet Nam)

^b HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^c Department of Medicine   (United States)

^d Thanh Hoa Medical College   (Viet Nam)

^e UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Catastrophic health expenditure; Impoverishment; Inequality; Poverty; Urban; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL CITY; DISEASE INCIDENCE; EQUITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RISK; HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALE; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; URBAN AREA; VIET NAM; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

HANOI; VIET NAM;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HUMANS; MALE; NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES; POVERTY; POVERTY AREAS; URBAN POPULATION; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84992497186     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12939-016-0460-3     Document Type: Article

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