Health financing and delivery in Vietnam : : looking forward / / by Samuel S. Lieberman and Adam Wagstaff

• Autore: Lieberman Samuel S
• Pubblicazione: Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , [2009]; copyright 2009
• Descrizione fisica: xi, 171 pages : illustrations ; ; 23 cm
• Disciplina: 362.109597
• Soggetto topico: Health care reform - Vietnam; Health insurance - Vietnam; Medical care - Vietnam - Finance; Medical policy - Vietnam
• Altri autori: WagstaffAdam
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-164) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Health financing and delivery in Vietnam
• ISBN: 1-281-98401-9; 9786611984014; 0-8213-7783-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782991003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Health, nutrition, and population series.; World Bank e-Library.