Table 2

Average household expenditure for health care in Bavi, July 2001 to June 2002, Vietnamese dong


for the
whole
year
%
average
per
month

Public health care
129 267
25%
10 772
Commune health stations
23 698
5%
1 975
District health centres
45 621
9%
3 802
Provincial hospitals
32 508
6%
2 709
Central hospitals
26 895
5%
2 241
Others
545
0%
45
Private health care
283 342
55%
23 612
Self-treatment
60 338
12%
5 028
Total curative exp
472 947
91%
39 412
Health insurance
16 227
3%
1 352
Prevention & rehabilitation
29 317
6%
2 443

Total
518 491
100%
43 208

Source: Thuan NTB: The burden of household health care expenditure in a rural district in Vietnam. MPH thesis. Nordic School of Public Health, Sweden; 2002

Lofgren et al. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation 2008 6:16   doi:10.1186/1478-7547-6-16

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