Study on the health needs and utilization of curative care in Hanoi metropolitan
- Author:
Truong Viet Dung
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
curative care
- MeSH:
Needs Assessment;
Health Services Needs and Demand;
utilization
- From:Journal of Medical Research
2003;26(6):115-121
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
The household sampling survey was conducted on 2099 household in 3 urban district of Hanoi, using a questionaire. Results showed that: the frequency per person was 1.05 episode per year; there are differences between age groups, for children above 5 year old age group, the frequency was the highest (2-3 times higher than other age group). The most choice for health care was self medication (36.5%), outpatients care (27.6%), using commune health station (21%) and private clinic (11.3%). Only 2.6% using state hospital as inpatients