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Table 2 Average household expenditure for health care in Bavi, July 2001 to June 2002, Vietnamese dong

From: People's willingness to pay for health insurance in rural Vietnam

 

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

  1. 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