Catastrophic healthcare expenditure and impoverishment in tropical deltas: evidence from the Mekong Delta region.
Sayem AhmedSylvia SzaboKristine NilsenPublished in: International journal for equity in health (2018)
The findings suggest that the financial protection capacity of health insurance schemes in Vietnam should be improved and expanded to reduce impoverishment as the result of OOP healthcare payments, particularly in the Mekong Delta region. Additional investments in disaster preparedness strategies can further help to reduce the financial burden of households in this environmentally vulnerable region.