Study on the coverage of Health Insurance in Viet Nam
- Author:
Nguyen Thi Thanh
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Health Insurance
- MeSH:
Insurance, Health;
Epidemiology;
Pupil
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2004;483(7):27-30
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Health Insurance has been implemented after 10 years, the coverage of Health Insurance for the compulsory group is only 61.3%. Pupil is considered as a potential group for the voluntary Health Insurance (25.7%). The social welfare group is 72.9%. The Health Insurance card for the poor is very low (11.9%). Only 0.2% of population has voluntary Health Insurance. Especially, in Viet Nam the coverage of Health Insurance among peasants and ordinary workers (up to 70% of population) is only 0.2% of total Health Insurance users. In order to do successfully Health Insurance Policy with the aim to improve voluntary Health Insurance progressing Health Insurance for all, it is neccessary to evaluate strictly implementation of Health Insurance Policy as well as recommend appropriate solutions for further.
