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Health financing and delivery in Vietnam : looking forward

Wagstaff, Adam, World Bank, Lieberman, Samuel S.

2009

Overview

Vietnam's successes in the health sector are remarkable. Between 2000 and 2005, Vietnam achieved reductions in mortality rates for all ages, while some of its neighbors saw little change or even increases. To date, its infant and under-five mortality rates are comparable to those of countries with substantially higher per capita incomes. According to the data assembled in 'Health Financing and Delivery in Vietnam', the country continues to perform strongly in the sector, but its health care system is facing new challenges, as do those of other countries. By international standards, for example, a large percentage of Vietnamese households make out-of-pocket health care payments that exceed a reasonable fraction of their income. The country has been expanding the breadth of health insurance coverage, but questions remain on how to further expand coverage, how to decrease health care costs, and how to increase the overall quality of care. 'Health Financing and Delivery in Vietnam' reviews the country's successes and the challenges it faces, and suggests some options for further reforming the country's health system. These include the issue of stewardship—what different parts of government (for example, the Health Ministry and the health insurer) should be doing at each level of government, and what different levels of government (for example, the central government and the provincial government) ought to be doing. 'Health Financing and Delivery in Vietnam' will be of interest to readers working in the areas of public health and social analysis and policy.

• Publisher: World Bank,World Bank Publications,The World Bank
• Subject: ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES / ACCOUNTING / ADDITIONAL INCOME / ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS / ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS / ADVERSE SELECTION / APPLICABLE LAW / BEDS / BENEFICIARY / BEST PRACTICE / BORROWING / CALCULATIONS / CAPITA HEALTH SPENDING / CAPITAL EXPENDITURES / CAPITAL INVESTMENTS / CAPITAL SPENDING / CAPITATION / CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE / CATASTROPHIC HEALTH SPENDING / CLINICAL GUIDELINES / CLINICAL PATHWAYS / CLINICS / COMMUNICABLE DISEASES / CONSUMER / CONSUMERS / CONTRIBUTION / CONTRIBUTION RATE / CONTRIBUTIONS / COST ANALYSIS / COST CONTROL / COST INCREASES / COST OF CARE / COST OF HEALTH CARE / COST REDUCTIONS / CURRENCY / CURRENT PRICES / DEATHS / DECISION MAKING / DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE / Delivery of Health Care -- Vietnam / DELIVERY SYSTEM / DELIVERY SYSTEMS / DIABETES / DIAGNOSIS / DIAGNOSTIC TESTS / DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES / DRUGS / EARNINGS / EMPLOYMENT / EXCHANGE RATES / FAMILIES / FEE REVENUES / FEE SCHEDULE / FEE-FOR-SERVICE / FEE-FOR-SERVICE PAYMENTS / Finance / FINANCIAL AFFAIRS / FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE / FINANCIAL CONSEQUENCES / FINANCIAL CONTROL / FINANCIAL DATA / Financial economics / FINANCIAL INCENTIVE / FINANCIAL PROBLEMS / FINANCIAL PROTECTION / FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY / FISCAL DEFICIT / FORECASTS / FREE CARE / FUND MANAGEMENT / Gesundheitsfinanzierung / Gesundheitsreform / Gesundheitswesen / HEALTH AFFAIRS / HEALTH CARE / HEALTH CARE COSTS / Health Care Costs -- Vietnam / HEALTH CARE FINANCING / HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS / HEALTH CARE REFORM / Health care reform -- Vietnam / HEALTH CARE SYSTEM / HEALTH CENTERS / HEALTH DELIVERY / Health expenditure / HEALTH EXPENDITURES / Health Expenditures -- Vietnam / HEALTH FACILITIES / HEALTH FINANCING / HEALTH INDICATORS / HEALTH INEQUALITIES / HEALTH INSURANCE / Health insurance -- Vietnam / HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUM / HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM / HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEME / HEALTH INSURANCE SYSTEM / HEALTH INSURER / HEALTH NEEDS / HEALTH ORGANIZATION / HEALTH OUTCOMES / HEALTH POLICIES / HEALTH POLICY / Health Policy -- Vietnam / HEALTH PROVIDERS / HEALTH REFORM / HEALTH SECTOR / HEALTH SERVICES / HEALTH SPENDING / HEALTH STATUS / HEALTH SYSTEM / HEALTH SYSTEM REFORM / HEALTH SYSTEMS / HEALTH WORKERS / HIV/AIDS / HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION / HOSPITAL COST / HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT / HOSPITAL REVENUES / HOSPITAL SECTOR / HOSPITALS / HUMAN DEVELOPMENT / ILLNESS / INCENTIVES FOR PROVIDERS / INCOME / INCOME COUNTRIES / INCOME DISTRIBUTION / INCOME GROUPS / INCOME GROWTH / INCOME TAX / INCOMES / INDUCED DEMAND / INFANT MORTALITY / INFLATION / INFORMAL PAYMENTS / INFORMAL SECTOR / INFORMAL SECTOR WORKERS / INFORMATION SYSTEM / INFORMATION SYSTEMS / INPATIENT ADMISSION / INPATIENT CARE / INSURANCE COVERAGE / INSURANCE PREMIUM / Insurance, Health -- Vietnam / INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS / INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS / INVESTMENT DECISIONS / Krankenversicherung / LAWS / LITERACY / LIVING STANDARDS / LOST INCOME / LOW-INCOME / MANDATORY CONTRIBUTIONS / MEDICAL / MEDICAL CARE / Medical care -- Vietnam -- Finance / MEDICAL POLICY / Medical policy -- Vietnam / MEDICAL STAFF / MEDICAL SUPPLIES / MEDICINES / MORAL HAZARD / MORTALITY / NATIONAL HEALTH / NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE / NUTRITION / PATIENT / PATIENTS / PENSIONS / PHYSICIANS / POCKET PAYMENT / POCKET PAYMENTS / POCKET PAYMENTS FOR HEALTH CARE / PRICE ELASTICITY / PRIMARY CARE / PRIMARY HEALTH CARE / PRIVATE CLINICS / PRIVATE HOSPITAL SECTOR / PRIVATE INSURANCE / PRIVATE SECTOR / PRIVATE SECTORS / PRIVATE SPENDING / PROBABILITY / PROPERTY TAX / PROVIDER PAYMENT / PROVISION OF INFORMATION / PUBLIC EXPENDITURE / PUBLIC HEALTH / PUBLIC HOSPITALS / PUBLIC INSURANCE / PUBLIC INSURANCE SYSTEM / PUBLIC PROVIDERS / PUBLIC SECTOR / PUBLIC SPENDING / QUALITY CONTROL / QUALITY OF CARE / RAPID GROWTH / REFERRALS / RESPONSIBILITIES / SALARIES / SALE / SALES / SENIOR / SHARE OF HEALTH SPENDING / SOCIAL HEALTH INSURANCE / SOCIAL PROTECTION / SOCIAL SECURITY / SOCIALIZATION / TUBERCULOSIS / UNDER-FIVE MORTALITY / VALUABLE / Vietnam / VISITS / VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS / WAGES / WEB SITE / WORKERS
• ISBN: 9780821377826, 0821377825, 9780821377833, 0821377833