What Makes Vietnamese (Not) Attend Periodic General Health Examinations? A 2016 Cross-sectional Study.
10.24171/j.phrp.2017.8.2.07
- Author:
Quan Hoang VUONG
1
;
Quang Hoi VU
;
Thu Trang VUONG
Author Information
1. School of Business, FPT University, Hanoi, Vietnam. hoangvq@fsb.edu.vn
- Publication Type:Brief Communication
- Keywords:
general health examination;
health insurance;
medical costs;
health service consumers;
Vietnam
- MeSH:
Asian Continental Ancestry Group*;
Budgets;
Cross-Sectional Studies*;
Dataset;
Health Expenditures;
Health Priorities;
Humans;
Insurance Coverage;
Insurance, Health;
Policy Making;
Preventive Medicine;
Vietnam
- From:
Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives
2017;8(2):147-154
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVES: General health examinations (GHE) have become an increasingly common measure for preventive medicine in Vietnam. However, little is known about the factors among Viet-namese people who attend or miss GHE. Budget or time constraints remain to be evaluated for better-informed policy making. This study investigates factors affecting behaviors in attending periodic GHE. The main objectives are as follows: (1) to explore empirical relationships between influencing factors and periodic GHE frequencies, and (2) to predict the probabilities of attending GHE under associated conditions. METHODS: The study used a 2,068-observational dataset, obtained from a Vietnamese survey in 2016. The analysis was then performed using the methods of baseline-category logits for establishing relationships between predictor and response variables. RESULTS: Significant relationships were found among the expenditure and time consumption, health priority and sensitivity to health data, insurance status, and frequency of GHE, with most p-values = 0.01. CONCLUSION: Generally, people attended the GHE when they had the resources and health priorities (72.7% probability). Expenditure and time remain key obstacles to the periodic GHE. Health priority and health data are important in improving rates for GHEs. Health insurance should play a positive role in promoting the GHE.
