Health care utilization, cost burden and coping strategies by disability status: an analysis of the Viet Nam National Health Survey
✍ Scribed by Michael Palmer; Thuy Nguyen; Teresa Neeman; Helen Berry; Terence Hull; David Harley
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 275 KB
- Volume
- 26
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0749-6753
- DOI
- 10.1002/hpm.1052
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✦ Synopsis
SUMMARY
There is a need for nationally representative information on the affordability of health care by disability status to assist in the design of equitable health systems in developing countries. Using the Viet Nam National Health Survey (2001–2002), this paper analyses health care utilization, cost burden and coping strategies for people with disabilities versus the population at large. The results clearly show that the disabled population are more prone to hospitalization, and spend more on inpatient stays and pharmaceuticals. Households with disabled members are at greater risk of catastrophic health expenditures and debt financing, posing a serious threat to economic welfare. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.