Vietnam has achieved impressive improvements in its health outcomes over the last few decades. Life expectancy has increased significantly over the years, and mortality rates have declined substantially...
The Vietnam Health Insurance Law permits the health insurance fund to pay providers using three different mechanisms. These are case-based payments, fee-for-service (FFS) and capitation. Although FFS is...
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an important diagnostic technology that helps to ensure high-quality healthcare provision. Since the introduction of the first MRI machine in 1987, the number of MRIs...
Vietnam aims to eliminate tuberculosis (TB) by 2030 but still faces many challenges in accurately and rapidly diagnosing people with TB. Testing of presumptive cases of TB using GeneXpert, included to...
Vietnam aims to eliminate tuberculosis (TB) by 2030 but is currently facing challenges in accurately and rapidly diagnosing people with TB. The World Bank-supported project (loan) on investing and innovating...
This book examines how nine different health systems – United States (U.S.) Medicare, Australia, Thailand, Kyrgyz Republic, Germany, Estonia, Croatia, China (Beijing), and the Russian Federation have transitioned...