Affordable for health expenditure of people in Ba Vi district Ha Tay province (2002)
- Author:
Nguyen Thi Kim Chuc
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Household;
Health expenditure;
Average household;
Payment;
Ability;
Ha Tay
- MeSH:
Health Expenditures, Rural Health
- From:Journal of Medical Research
2005;39(6):102-106
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Results from some studies in rural area of Vietnam have shown that poor people are likely tend to sell assets while non poor people are able to pay for health care services. This makes poor people fall into poverty trap. Objectives: To identify the average household health expenditure during a year and sources of borrowing money and average amount of borrowing as well for health care services. Methods: 621 households were selected randomly from the Filabavi, Bavi District, Ha Tay Province. A longitudinal descriptive study was conducted for one year from July 2001 to June 2002. All selected households were interviewed one time per month. Results and conslusion: average payment household for health care services for one year was VND 519.000 (6.4% of total annual household income). Annual household income of poor group was VND 6,576,000, among this 8.4% was paid for health care services. There was 16.9% household had to borrow money for health care services average1y, while 23.1% of poor household had to borrow money for health care services. Borrowing sources included relatives (85%), neighbours (50%), Bank (26%), friends (15%), community organizations (9%) and private organizations with some interest (18%).
