title: Estimating the extra cost of living with disability in Vietnam.
abstract: Disability is shown to be both a cause and a consequence of poverty. However, relatively little research has investigated the economic cost of living with a disability. This study reports the results of a study on the extra cost of living with disability in Vietnam in 2011. The study was carried out in eight cities/provinces in Vietnam, including Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh cities (two major metropolitan in Vietnam) and six provinces from each of the six socio-economic regions in Vietnam. Costs are estimated using the standard of living approach whereby the difference in incomes between people with disability and those without disability for a given standard of living serves as a proxy for the cost of living with disability. The extra cost of living with disability in Vietnam accounted for about 8.8-9.5% of annual household income, or valued about US$200-218. Communication difficulty was shown to result in highest additional cost of living with disability and self-care difficulty was shown to lead to the lowest levels of extra of living cost. The extra cost of living with disability increased as people had more severe impairment. Interventions to promote the economic security of livelihood for people with disabilities are needed.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Health Economics , Institute for Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Hanoi Medical University , Hanoi , Vietnam.
authors.forename: Hoang Van
authors.initials: HV
authors.lastname: Minh
authors.forename: Kim Bao
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Giang
authors.forename: Nguyen Thanh
authors.initials: NT
authors.lastname: Liem
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Palmer
authors.forename: Nguyen Phuong
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Thao
authors.forename: Le Bach
authors.initials: le B
authors.lastname: Duong
mesh_terms: D017281:Cost of Illness; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017059:Models, Econometric; D011203:Poverty / Q000191:economics*; D014744:Vietnam
keywords: Vietnam; cost of living; disability; poverty