Table A2

Estimated health care costs for the expected enrolees in a health insurance scheme in Bavi

Utiliza-

tion

rates

(1)*

Total

sickness

episodes

(2)**

Sickness

episodes

(3)

Weight to

distribute

the private

care

episodes

(4)

Private care

episodes distributed

to public

facilities

(5)

Expected sickness

episodes in

public

facilities

(6)

Health care

cost per

episode

(7)*

Total costs

1000 VND

(8)

Inpatients**

3,946

CHC

0.158

623

0.173246

60

684

104,000

71,097

DHC

0.333

1,314

0.365132

127

1,441

242,000

348,676

Provincial and central

0.421

1,661

0.461623

160

1,822

242,000

440,818

Private and others

0.088

347

Outpatients**

79,199

CHC

0.32

25,344

0.659794

26,911

250,958

15,400

3,864,753

DHC

0.086

6,811

0.177320

7,232

14,044

43,800

615,107

Provincial and central

0.079

6,257

0.162887

6,644

12,900

43,800

565,040

Private and others

0.515

40,787

Self-treatment**

185,738

Non-treatment**

12,965

Total

281,848

281,848

5,905,492

*Source: Ministry of Health and General Statistics Office: Results of Vietnam National Household Survey 2001–02. Hanoi; 2003.

Health care cost per sickness episode is health care cost per visit for outpatients or per admission for inpatients, including hospital fees, drugs, X-ray and laboratory tests. The cost does not include indirect (or non-medical) costs, such as costs for travelling, lodging and gifts.

**From table A1.

(3) = (1)*(2).

(4)CHC = (1)CHC/[(1)CHC + (1)DHC + (1)Provincial and central].

(4)DHC = (1)DHC/[(1)CHC + (1)DHC + (1)Provincial and central].

(4)Provincial and central = (1)Provincial and central/[(1)CHC + (1)DHC + (1)Provincial and central].

(5) = (4)*(3)Private and others.

(6)CHC = (3)CHC + (5)CHC + self treatment + non treatment.

(6)DHC = (3)DHC + (5)DHC.

(6)Provincial and central = (3)Provincial and central + (5)Provincial and central.

(8) = (6)*(7)

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