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UNINA9910454182903321 |
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Autore |
Lieberman Samuel S |
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Titolo |
Health financing and delivery in Vietnam [[electronic resource] ] : looking forward / / by Samuel S. Lieberman and Adam Wagstaff |
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Washington, DC, : World Bank, c2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-98401-9 |
9786611984014 |
0-8213-7783-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (188 p.) |
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Collana |
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Health, nutrition, and population series |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Health care reform - Vietnam |
Health insurance - Vietnam |
Medical care - Vietnam - Finance |
Medical policy - Vietnam |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-164) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Overview; Figures; Tables; 1 Vietnam's Health System Since DOI MOI; 2 Recent Trends in Vietnam's Health Sector Performance; 3 Health Insurance; 4 Reforming Health Insurance; 5 Service Delivery; 6 Reforming Service Delivery; 7 Decentralization and Government Stewardship; Notes; References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Vietnam's successes in the health sector are legendary. Its rates of infant and under-five mortality are comparable to those of countries with substantially higher per capita incomes. Vietnam continues to be an over-achiever in the health sector according to data assembled in this book. Like other countries, though, Vietnam faces challenges in its health system. By international standards, for example, Vietnam has a high incidence of catastrophic household health spending-a large fraction of households make out-of-pocket payments for health care that exceeds a reasonable fraction of their inco |
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