Health Financing and Delivery in
Vietnam : Looking Forward

Health Financing and Delivery in Vietnam : Looking Forward

This book reviews Vietnam's successes and the challenges it faces, and goes on to suggest some options for further reforming the country's health system. Options for expanding coverage to 100 percent of the population are compared. The is...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Lieberman, Samuel S., Wagstaff, Adam
Format:	Publication
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES ACCOUNTING ADDITIONAL INCOME ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS ADVERSE SELECTION APPLICABLE LAW BEDS BENEFICIARY BEST PRACTICE BORROWING CALCULATIONS CAPITA HEALTH SPENDING CAPITAL EXPENDITURES CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CAPITAL SPENDING CAPITATION CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE CATASTROPHIC HEALTH SPENDING CLINICAL GUIDELINES CLINICAL PATHWAYS CLINICS COMMUNICABLE DISEASES CONSUMER CONSUMERS CONTRIBUTION CONTRIBUTION RATE CONTRIBUTIONS COST ANALYSIS COST CONTROL COST INCREASES COST OF CARE COST OF HEALTH CARE COST REDUCTIONS CURRENCY CURRENT PRICES DEATHS DECISION MAKING DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEM DELIVERY SYSTEMS DIABETES DIAGNOSIS DIAGNOSTIC TESTS DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES DRUGS EARNINGS EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE RATES FAMILIES FEE REVENUES FEE SCHEDULE FEE-FOR-SERVICE FEE-FOR-SERVICE PAYMENTS FINANCIAL AFFAIRS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FINANCIAL CONSEQUENCES FINANCIAL CONTROL FINANCIAL DATA FINANCIAL INCENTIVE FINANCIAL PROBLEMS FINANCIAL PROTECTION FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY FISCAL DEFICIT FORECASTS FREE CARE FUND MANAGEMENT HEALTH AFFAIRS HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE COSTS HEALTH CARE FINANCING HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS HEALTH CARE REFORM HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH DELIVERY HEALTH EXPENDITURES HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH FINANCING HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH INEQUALITIES HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUM HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEME HEALTH INSURANCE SYSTEM HEALTH INSURER HEALTH NEEDS HEALTH ORGANIZATION HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH POLICIES HEALTH POLICY HEALTH PROVIDERS HEALTH REFORM HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SPENDING HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH SYSTEM REFORM HEALTH SYSTEMS HEALTH WORKERS HIV/AIDS HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION HOSPITAL COST HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT HOSPITAL REVENUES HOSPITAL SECTOR HOSPITALS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ILLNESS INCENTIVES FOR PROVIDERS INCOME INCOME COUNTRIES INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME GROUPS INCOME GROWTH INCOME TAX INCOMES INDUCED DEMAND INFANT MORTALITY INFLATION INFORMAL PAYMENTS INFORMAL SECTOR INFORMAL SECTOR WORKERS INFORMATION SYSTEM INFORMATION SYSTEMS INPATIENT ADMISSION INPATIENT CARE INSURANCE COVERAGE INSURANCE PREMIUM INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INVESTMENT DECISIONS LAWS LITERACY LIVING STANDARDS LOST INCOME LOW-INCOME MANDATORY CONTRIBUTIONS MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL POLICY MEDICAL STAFF MEDICAL SUPPLIES MEDICINES MORAL HAZARD MORTALITY NATIONAL HEALTH NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE NUTRITION PATIENT PATIENTS PENSIONS PHYSICIANS POCKET PAYMENT POCKET PAYMENTS POCKET PAYMENTS FOR HEALTH CARE PRICE ELASTICITY PRIMARY CARE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIVATE CLINICS PRIVATE HOSPITAL SECTOR PRIVATE INSURANCE PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTORS PRIVATE SPENDING PROBABILITY PROPERTY TAX PROVIDER PAYMENT PROVISION OF INFORMATION PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HOSPITALS PUBLIC INSURANCE PUBLIC INSURANCE SYSTEM PUBLIC PROVIDERS PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SPENDING QUALITY CONTROL QUALITY OF CARE RAPID GROWTH REFERRALS RESPONSIBILITIES SALARIES SALE SALES SENIOR SHARE OF HEALTH SPENDING SOCIAL HEALTH INSURANCE SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIALIZATION TUBERCULOSIS UNDER-FIVE MORTALITY VALUABLE VISITS VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS WAGES WEB SITE WORKERS
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Summary:	This book reviews Vietnam's successes and the challenges it faces, and goes on to suggest some options for further reforming the country's health system. Options for expanding coverage to 100 percent of the population are compared. The issue of how to deepen coverage, so that insurance reduces out-of-pocket spending by more than it does at present, is also discussed, as is the issue of how to put downward pressure on the cost of health care. The book also looks at the issues of how to improve the quality of care, both overall and at the hospital level, and how to reform provider payment methods. It also looks at the issue of stewardship, what different parts of government (the health ministry, the health insurer, and so on) should be doing at each level of government, and what different levels of government (the central government, provincial government, and so forth) ought to be doing.