Title: The effect of a poverty reduction policy and service quality standards on commune-level primary health care utilization in Thai Nguyen Province, Vietnam

Authors: Nguyen, Phuong

Place: Oxford [etc.]

Publisher: Oxford university press [etc.]

Year: 2009

Journal: Health policy and planning

Volume: vol. 25, no. 4

PAGE: 262--271

Subject: Health and Poverty

Keywords: health services, health care delivery, health programmes, poverty alleviation, vietnam

Abstract: This article explores the impact of a Government of Vietnam programme providing free services at commune level, as well as commune socio-economic characteristics and achievement of quality standards, on utilization rates of public primary health care.

URL: http://heapol.oxfordjournals.org/content/25/4/262.full.pdf+html

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