title: Health care utilization, cost burden and coping strategies by disability status: an analysis of the Viet Nam National Health Survey.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. michael.palmer@anu.edu.au
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Palmer
authors.forename: Thuy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Neeman
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Berry
authors.forename: Terence
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hull
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Harley
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017281:Cost of Illness; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D004358:Drug Therapy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006304:Health Status; D006306:Health Surveys; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014744:Vietnam; D055815:Young Adult