Nguyen Viet Hoang

The board of construction investment project management in Trieu Son district; and PhD candidate in Vietnam National University,Hanoi

Medical welfare are services provided to people with little or no fee, for the sake of a standardised health care for the general public. There are many methods are being implemented to achieve the goal of health welfare in Vietnam. These methods are being adopted simultaneously, including: (i) Investing in input resources to reduce costs; (ii) Incorporating public health services that are not provided by the private sector; (iii) providing support with health insurance and medical assistance. Healthcare welfare policies have exerted their effects on developing the national healthcare system. But, which require new modification and rectification for the sake of remarkable achievements in the future.

Medical welfare, public health services, health insurance, public investment, economics
JEL codes: P26, P48, H54, I18, R53

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2) Ministry of Health (2002a). Decision No. 379/2002/QD-BYT on February 08, 2002; promulgating the Regulation on Health Statistics.

3) Ministry of Health (2002b). Decision No. 1833/2002/QĐ-BYT on May 21, 2002; to the issuance of facility health management software.

4) Ministry of Health (2009). General report of the health sector in 2009 – Health workforce in Vietnam.

5) Ministry of Health (2011). General report of the health sector in 2011 – Improving management capacity, renovating healthcare finance to implement the 5-year health sector plan, 2011–2015.

6) Prime Minister (1998). Directive No. 28/1998/CT-TTg on August 19, 1998; strengthening and modernizing statistical work.

7) Prime Minister (2007). Decision No. 950/2007/QĐ-TTg on July 27, 2007; on investment in building commune health stations in disadvantaged areas for the period 2008–2010.

8) Prime Minister (2008). Decision No. 47/2008/QĐ-TTg on April 04, 2008; on the approval of the Project on building, renovating and upgrading the district general hospital and the inter-district regional general hospital using government bonds and other lawful capital sources for the 2008-2010 period.

9) Prime Minister (2009). Decision No. 930/QĐ-TTg on June 30, 2009; to the approval of the Investment Project to build, renovate and upgrade hospitals specializing in tuberculosis, mental health, oncology, pediatrics, and a number of provincial general hospitals in mountainous areas with difficulties in using capital. Government bonds and other legal capital sources for the period 2009 - 2013.

10) Prime Minister (2011). Decision No. 2013/QĐ-TTg on November 14, 2011; approved the Vietnam Strategy on Population and Reproductive Health for the period 2011-2020.

11) Prime Minister (2013a). Decision No. 705/QĐ-Ttg, on May 08, 2013; raising the level of support for paying health insurance premiums for some people from near-poor households.

12) Prime Minister (2013b). Decision No. 538/QĐ-TTg on March 29, 2013; approving the project to implement the roadmap towards universal health insurance for the period 2012 - 2015 and 2020.

13) Politburo (2005). Resolution No. 46/NQ-TW on February 23, 2005; to the protection, care and improvement of people's health in the new situation.

14) Politburo (2012). Resolution No. 21-NQ/TW on November 22, 2012; to strengthening the leadership of the Party in the work of social insurance and health insurance for the period 2012-2020.

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