The socialization of health services: Achievements and perspective problems
- Author:
Pham Manh Hung
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
health services
- MeSH:
Health Services;
Socialization
- From:Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Information
2005;0(10):2-6
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
The conception of health care or health services socialization was the first mentioned in the resolution of the fourth conference held by the seventh Party Central Committee. In the last twelve years, we reached many achievements in order to translate the policy of health services socialization into reality: People have many improvements in terms of self-defense consciousness and health care. There are many new organizational forms: health insurance, charity fund, health care fund for the poor. Besides public health establishments, there are many private health establishments with various economic forms. However, the socialization of health services has many limits: the contrary of market mechanism put new pressures on health sector. On the other hand, health establishments lack of budget to pay essential health services
