Study on accessibility and using some services for population health care in the Thua Thien-Hue province in 2003 year
- Author:
Tran Thi Trung Chien
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Health care
- MeSH:
Delivery of Health Care;
Epidemiology;
Community Health Services
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2005;0(12):3-5
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Random study on 1.552 households including 7.489 people in 30 communes of 3 districts of Thua Thien Hue to evaluate the accessibility to public health basis and using some health care services of households with different income levels. The result showed that: the big gaps between the families' incoming (13 times) prevented people from accessing health service due to high cost, so governmental support policies in health care help the people reduce the burden of cost. The disease rate of the poor was higher than the rich. However, the poor came to the hospital more frequently than the rich regardless of lacking health insurance support
