Study on the impacts of health care costs on poor people
- Author:
Nguyen Khanh Phuong
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
health care costs
- MeSH:
Health Care Costs;
Poverty;
Health Services
- From:Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Information
2003;0(4):16-19
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Analyze secondary data from the Vietnam National Health Survey 2001-2002 and some related available data in order to assess the burden of health care costs for the households in 5 levels of living and this impact on the use of healthcare services of the poor and near poor households, focused on inpatient healthcare costs. Results: healthcare costs accounted for 22.8% and 24% of total non-food expenditures per capita annually in the poor and near poor groups, respectively. Healthcare costs accounted for 8% of income per capita in the poorest group. High healthcare costs were associated significantly with lower level of health care utilization of the poor and near poor. Economic shock due to high health expenditures was the common reason for people falling under poverty line, especially for the near poor
