Health Insurance : Use of Health Care Services by the Poor - Efficiency and Equity Issues in the Province of Kon Tum

Health Insurance : Use of Health Care Services by the Poor - Efficiency and Equity Issues in the Province of Kon Tum

The study merged two databases: the database on patients' visits collected for claim control and reimbursement purpose and, the database on the insured that is used to issue the health insurance cards. This study investigated these issues thro...

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Main Author:	Castel, Paulette
Format:	Report
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	ABUSE ACCESS TO TREATMENT AGE GROUPS AGED AID APPROPRIATE TREATMENT CITIES DISEASE DISEASES DRUGS EXPENDITURES FAMILIES FINANCIAL BARRIERS FINANCIAL RESOURCES GENDER GENDER DIFFERENCE GENDER DIFFERENCES HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE CENTERS HEALTH CARE EXPENDITURE HEALTH CARE EXPENDITURES HEALTH CARE FACILITIES HEALTH CARE FACILITY HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS HEALTH CARE USE HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH CONDITIONS HEALTH COSTS HEALTH EXPENDITURE HEALTH EXPENDITURES HEALTH EXPENDITURES PER CAPITA HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH INSURANCE FUND HEALTH INSURANCE FUNDS HEALTH ORGANIZATION HEALTH SEEKING BEHAVIOR HEALTH SERVICE HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STATUS HOSPITALIZATION HOSPITALS ILLNESS INCAPACITY INCOME INDIRECT COSTS INFANTS INFORMAL SECTOR INPATIENT TREATMENT LOW INCOME MIDDLE AGE MORTALITY MORTALITY RATES OLD AGES PATIENT PATIENT CARE PATIENTS PREGNANCY PROBABILITY PROVISION OF CARE PROVISION OF HEALTH CARE PROVISION OF TREATMENT PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH CARE QUALITY OF CARE QUALITY OF HEALTH QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE RADIOLOGY REFERRALS SEX SEX DIFFERENCES SOCIAL SECURITY SURGERY TRADITIONAL MEDICINE TREATMENTS USE OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES USE OF HEALTH SERVICES VISITS WORKERS YOUTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/274461468321292409/Health-insurance-use-of-health-care-services-by-the-poor-efficiency-and-equity-issues-in-the-province-of-Kon-Tum http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28102

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Summary:	The study merged two databases: the database on patients' visits collected for claim control and reimbursement purpose and, the database on the insured that is used to issue the health insurance cards. This study investigated these issues through the analysis of individual's health insurance data of the Provincial Social Security (PSS) heath insurance of Kon Tum. One of the important political goals in the coming years is the achievement of universal coverage of health insurance. For that purpose the government is pursuing the strategy (started in 2005) to provide free health insurance cards to all the poor, the ethnic minority populations and the persons living in remote or mountainous areas. One of the important political goals in the coming years is the achievement of universal coverage of health insurance. For that purpose the government is pursuing the strategy (started in 2005) to provide free health insurance cards to all the poor, the ethnic minority populations and the persons living in remote or mountainous areas.