Impact of health insurance on healthcare utilisation patterns in Vietnam: a survey-based analysis with propensity score matching method.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The study aims to evaluate the impact of the Revised Health Insurance Law 2014 on the utilisation of outpatient and inpatient care services, healthcare services utilisation at different levels of providers, types of providers and types of visits across different entitlement groups.

Design/setting

Secondary data from two waves of the Vietnam Household Living Standard Survey (VHLSS) 2016, VHLSS 2014 were used. A cross-sectional study applying propensity score matching was conducted.

Participants

A total of 4900 individuals who reported using healthcare services are analysed.

Outcomes measure

Numbers of outpatient and inpatient visits, frequency of healthcare service utilisation at commune health stations, district hospitals, provincial hospitals, publi

SUBMITTER: Thuong NTT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7552874 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature