Barroy, HeleneJarawan, EvaBales, Sarah2014-12-162014-12-162014-08https://hdl.handle.net/10986/20739Universal Health Coverage is a powerful framework for a nation aiming to protect their population against health risks. However, countries face multiple challenges in implementing, achieving and sustaining UHC strategies. Sharing and learning from diverse country experiences may enable to foster global and country progress toward that goal. The study seeks to contribute to the global effort of sharing potentially useful lessons to address policy concerns on the design and implementation of UHC strategies in LMICs. Vietnam is one of the LMICs that have taken relatively quick and effective actions to expand health coverage and improve financial protection in the last two decades. The country study, first, takes stock of UHC progress in Vietnam, examining both the breadth and the depth of health coverage and assessing financial protection and equity outputs (chapter one). Chapter two includes an in-depth analysis of some of the major success strategies and policy actions that the country took to expand health coverage and financial protection for all, including for the poor. Chapter three focuses on some of the UHC-related challenges that the country faces in pursuing expansion and sustaining UHC. Vietnam s experience suggests that, moving toward greater UHC outputs, the system must be constantly adjusted, and that UHC strategies must be adaptive, those used in the past to cover the formal sector and the poor may turn out inadequate to reach the uninsured in the informal sector.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOABILITY TO PAYACCESS TO HEALTH CAREACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICESACCESS TO SERVICESADMINISTRATIVE COSTSAGINGANTENATAL CAREARTIFICIAL LIMBSBASIC HEALTH CAREBLOOD PRESSUREBLOOD TESTSBUDGET LAWCANCERCAPITATIONCAPITATION PAYMENTCAPITATION SYSTEMCATASTROPHIC HEALTH EXPENDITURECATASTROPHIC HEALTH SPENDINGCENTRAL BUDGETCHILD HEALTHCHILD HEALTH SERVICESCITIZENSCLEAN WATERCLINICAL LABORATORYCLINICAL PRACTICECOMMUNICABLE DISEASESCONTRIBUTION RATECONTRIBUTION RATESCOST CONTROLCOST SHARINGCOST-EFFECTIVENESSCOSTS OF CARECURATIVE HEALTH CAREDEBTDELIVERY SYSTEMDEMAND FOR SERVICESDENTAL CAREDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPMENT PLANSDIABETESDIALYSISDISABILITIESDISADVANTAGED GROUPSDISEASE CONTROLDRUG LISTDRUGSEARLY DETECTIONECONOMIC GROWTHEMERGENCY SERVICESEMPLOYMENTENTITLEMENTEPIDEMICSEXPENDITURESFAMILIESFAMILY PLANNINGFEE FOR SERVICEFEE SCHEDULEFINANCIAL INCENTIVESFINANCIAL PROTECTIONFINANCIAL RESOURCESFINANCIAL RISKFOOD SAFETYGLOBAL EFFORTHEALTH CAREHEALTH CARE COSTSHEALTH CARE COVERAGEHEALTH CARE FINANCINGHEALTH CARE PROVIDERHEALTH CARE SERVICESHEALTH CARE SYSTEMHEALTH CARE SYSTEMSHEALTH CENTERSHEALTH COVERAGEHEALTH EXPENDITUREHEALTH EXPENDITURESHEALTH FACILITIESHEALTH FINANCINGHEALTH FINANCING SYSTEMHEALTH INSURANCEHEALTH INSURANCE FUNDSHEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAMHEALTH INSURANCE SCHEMEHEALTH ORGANIZATIONHEALTH OUTCOMESHEALTH POLICYHEALTH PROFESSIONALSHEALTH PROMOTIONHEALTH PURCHASERHEALTH REFORMSHEALTH RISKSHEALTH SECTORHEALTH SERVICEHEALTH SERVICE DELIVERYHEALTH SERVICESHEALTH SPECIALISTHEALTH SPENDING SHAREHEALTH STRATEGYHEALTH SYSTEMHEALTH SYSTEM PERFORMANCEHEALTH SYSTEM REFORMHEALTH SYSTEMSHEALTH WORKERSHEALTH WORKFORCEHEALTHCAREHEALTHCARE SYSTEMHEARING AIDSHEPATITIS BHIV/AIDSHOSPITAL AUTONOMYHOSPITAL SERVICESHOSPITALSHOUSEHOLD EXPENDITUREHUMAN RESOURCESHYPERTENSIONIMMUNIZATIONINCIDENCE ANALYSISINCOMEINCOME COUNTRIESINCOME ELASTICITYINCOME GROUPSINDUCED DEMANDINFANTINFANT MORTALITYINFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROLINFECTIOUS DISEASESINFORMAL PAYMENTSINFORMAL SECTORINJURIESINPATIENT ADMISSIONINPATIENT HOSPITALINPATIENT HOSPITAL SERVICESINSURANCE PACKAGEINSURANCE PREMIUMSINSURANCE SCHEMESINTEGRATIONLAWSLEPROSYLIVE BIRTHSLIVING STANDARDSLONG-TERM CAREMEDICAL CAREMEDICAL CARE COSTSMEDICAL COSTSMEDICAL DOCTORSMEDICAL EDUCATIONMEDICAL EQUIPMENTMEDICAL EXAMINATIONMEDICAL GOODSMEDICAL SERVICESMEDICAL TECHNOLOGIESMEDICAL TRAININGMEDICINESMENTAL ILLNESSMINISTRY OF HEALTHMORBIDITYMORTALITYNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTNATIONAL HEALTHNATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCENATIONAL POLICIESNURSESNURSINGNUTRITIONOUTPATIENT SERVICESPATIENTPATIENT DEMANDPATIENTSPEDIATRICSPHARMACISTSPHYSICIANPHYSICIANSPOLICY PROCESSPOLICY RESEARCHPOPULATION GROUPSPREVENTIVE CAREPREVENTIVE HEALTH CAREPRIMARY CAREPRIVATE SECTORPRIVATE SERVICESPRIVATE SPENDINGPROGRESSPROSTITUTIONPROVIDER PAYMENTPUBLIC EXPENDITUREPUBLIC HEALTHPUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMSPUBLIC HEALTH SPENDINGPUBLIC HOSPITALPUBLIC HOSPITALSPUBLIC POLICYPUBLIC SECTORPUBLIC SPENDINGPURCHASER-PROVIDER SPLITQUALITY OF CAREQUALITY OF HEALTHQUALITY OF HEALTH CAREREFERRALSREHABILITATIONREPRODUCTIVE HEALTHRESOURCE ALLOCATIONRISK ADJUSTMENTSCREENINGSMOKINGSOCIAL AFFAIRSSOCIAL HEALTH INSURANCESOCIAL INSURANCESOCIAL MOBILIZATIONSOCIAL SECURITYSOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITSSOCIAL WELFARESUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTTUBERCULOSISUNDER-FIVE MORTALITYUNIVERSAL HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGEUSE OF HEALTH SERVICESVACCINATIONVISITSWORKERSWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION10.1596/20739