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Risks and benefits of private health care: exploring physicians' views on private health care in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

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  • Lonnroth, Knut
  • Thuong, Le Minh
  • Linh, Pham Duy
  • Diwan, Vinod

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  • Lonnroth, Knut & Thuong, Le Minh & Linh, Pham Duy & Diwan, Vinod, 1998. "Risks and benefits of private health care: exploring physicians' views on private health care in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 45(2), pages 81-97, August.
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    1. Wolffers, Ivan, 1995. "The role of pharmaceuticals in the privatization process in Vietnam's health-care system," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 41(9), pages 1325-1332, November.
    2. Hsiao, William C., 1995. "Abnormal economics in the health sector," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 32(1-3), pages 125-139.
    3. Berman, Peter, 1995. "Health sector reform: making health development sustainable," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 32(1-3), pages 13-28.
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    2. Wenhui Mao & Huyen Vu & Zening Xie & Wen Chen & Shenglan Tang, 2015. "Systematic Review on Irrational Use of Medicines in China and Vietnam," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 10(3), pages 1-16, March.
    3. Hoa, Nguyen Quynh & Ohman, Ann & Lundborg, Cecilia Stalsby & Chuc, Nguyen Thi Kim, 2007. "Drug use and health-seeking behavior for childhood illness in Vietnam--A qualitative study," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 82(3), pages 320-329, August.
    4. Thang Dang, 2018. "Do the more educated utilize more health care services? Evidence from Vietnam using a regression discontinuity design," International Journal of Health Economics and Management, Springer, vol. 18(3), pages 277-299, September.

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