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Paying for health care in Vietnam: extending voluntary health insurance coverage

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  • Matthew Jowett
  • Robin Thompson

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This discussion paper aims to synthesise a variety of reports and research projects conducted by the International Programme at the Centre for Health Economics, concerning the Vietnamese health system, over the past 4 years. In particular it focuses on the development of the state voluntary health insurance scheme which is the subject of a current DFID-funded research project. Previous work conducted by the members of the International Programme includes an investigation into the impact of economic reforms on the health system, an evaluation of the impact of user charges on access to health services amongst the poor, and a report providing an analysis of the state health insurance programme. The aim of the current research project is to analyse the experience of voluntary health insurance to date, making recommendations to policy-makers on its future development. A large household survey will form part of the investigations. The paper presents the situation to date, highlighting major developments, successes and failures, and the main challenges facing the scheme. The research project started in July 1998 and is due to be completed in March 2000.

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  • Matthew Jowett & Robin Thompson, 1999. "Paying for health care in Vietnam: extending voluntary health insurance coverage," Working Papers 167chedp, Centre for Health Economics, University of York.
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    1. Ensor, Tim & Thompson, Robin, 1998. "Health insurance as a catalyst to change in former communist countries?," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 43(3), pages 203-218, March.
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    1. Matthew Jowett & Anil Deolalikar & Peter Martinsson, 2004. "Health insurance and treatment seeking behaviour: evidence from a low‐income country," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 13(9), pages 845-857, September.
    2. World Bank, 2001. "Growing Healthy : A Review of Vietnam's Health Sector," World Bank Publications - Reports 15512, The World Bank Group.

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