Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Information  2001;(11):23-26

Hospital burasar - the acceptance, the payment and some recommendation from the community in Thakhek district, Khammouane province- Lao PDR

Sen Try May

Keywords

hospital fee

Country

Viet Nam

Language

Vietnamese

Abstract

The most informed members from 907 households were interviewed in regard to the hospital bursar. Results show that the majority of population (in which 7.5% with high income, 70.1%-mean and 22.4% - low income) is capable to pay the bursar by various resources including the available fund 65.2%, the sale of domestic animals and commodities 6.3% and the debt 27.2%. For all population, hospital fee is acceptable but on which the awareness is insufficient. Recommendations were made concerning the exemption for the subjects with low-income.