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Health Insurance for the Poor : Initial Impacts of Vietnam's Health Care Fund for the Poor

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dc.contributor.authorWagstaff, Adam
dc.date.accessioned2012-06-05T19:56:21Z
dc.date.available2012-06-05T19:56:21Z
dc.date.issued2007-02
dc.description.abstractVietnam's Health Care Fund for the Poor (HCFP) uses government revenues to finance health care for the poor, ethnic minorities living in selected mountainous provinces designated as difficult, and all households living in communes officially designated as highly disadvantaged. The program, which started in 2003, did not as of 2004 include all these groups, but those who were included (about 15 percent of the population) were disproportionately poor. Estimates of the program's impact-obtained using single differences and propensity score matching on a trimmed sample-suggest that HCFP has substantially increased service utilization, especially in-patient care, and has reduced the risk of catastrophic spending. It has not, however, reduced average out-of-pocket spending, and appears to have had negligible impacts on utilization among the poorest decile.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/02/7368143/health-insurance-poor-initial-impacts-vietnams-health-care-fund-poor
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-4134
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/7170
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper; No. 4134
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectCLINICS
dc.subjectCOMMUNES
dc.subjectDRESSINGS
dc.subjectESSENTIAL DRUGS
dc.subjectFINANCIAL PROTECTION
dc.subjectFREE CARE
dc.subjectHEALTH CARE
dc.subjectHEALTH CARE FINANCE
dc.subjectHEALTH CENTERS
dc.subjectHEALTH FACILITIES
dc.subjectHEALTH INSURANCE
dc.subjectHEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM
dc.subjectHEALTH INSURANCE SCHEME
dc.subjectHEALTH SERVICES
dc.subjectHEALTH SPENDING
dc.subjectHOMES
dc.subjectHOSPITALS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectHOUSING
dc.subjectINCOME DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectINCOME GROUPS
dc.subjectINFORMAL PAYMENTS
dc.subjectINFORMAL SECTOR
dc.subjectINPATIENT CARE
dc.subjectINSURANCE COVERAGE
dc.subjectMEDICAL EQUIPMENT
dc.subjectMEDICINES
dc.subjectNATIONAL HEALTH
dc.subjectOUTPATIENT CARE
dc.subjectPATIENTS
dc.subjectPHARMACIES
dc.subjectPOCKET PAYMENTS
dc.subjectPOCKET PAYMENTS FOR HEALTH CARE
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPRESCRIPTION DRUGS
dc.subjectPRIVATE SECTOR
dc.subjectPROBABILITY
dc.subjectPUBLIC HOSPITALS
dc.subjectRESEARCH PROGRAM
dc.subjectSOCIAL HEALTH INSURANCE
dc.subjectSOCIAL SECURITY
dc.subjectURBAN AREAS
dc.subjectVISITS
dc.subjectWORKERS
dc.titleHealth Insurance for the Poor : Initial Impacts of Vietnam's Health Care Fund for the Pooren
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okr.crossref.titleHealth Insurance For The Poor : Initial Impacts Of Vietnam's Health Care Fund For The Poor
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okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/02/7368143/health-insurance-poor-initial-impacts-vietnams-health-care-fund-poor
okr.globalpracticeSocial, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.globalpracticeHealth, Nutrition, and Population
okr.globalpracticeGovernance
okr.globalpracticeHealth, Nutrition, and Population
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-4134
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okr.identifier.internaldocumentum7368143
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okr.region.administrativeEast Asia and Pacific
okr.region.countryViet Nam
okr.topicLaw and Development::Health Law
okr.topicHealth Monitoring and Evaluation
okr.topicHealth Systems Development and Reform
okr.topicHealth Economics and Finance
okr.topicHousing and Human Habitats
okr.topicCommunities and Human Settlements
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population
okr.unitDevelopment Research Group (DECRG)
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