https://vss.gov.vn/english/news/Pages/vietnam-social-security.aspx?CateID=198&ItemID=10141
NEWS | 03 Dec 2021
Viet Nam Social Security News VSS to enhance customer care capacity
Vietnam
DOCUMENT | 28 Nov 2021
Is Health Insurance Associated with Health Service Utilization and Economic Burden of Non-Communicable Diseases on Households in Vietnam?
Vietnam
ABSTRACT The rising burden of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in developing countries has caused high out-of-pocket (OOP) health spending leading to many households suffering Catastrophic Health Expenditure (CHE). This study examined the association between health...
NEWS | 28 Nov 2021
Viet Nam Social Security News VSS’ branches told to develop suitable solutions to increase health insurance participants
Vietnam
https://vss.gov.vn/english/news/Pages/vietnam-social-security.aspx?ItemID=10106&CateID=198
NEWS | 19 Nov 2021
Ensuring employees who lost jobs or quit jobs enjoy health care following health insurance scheme
Vietnam
https://vss.gov.vn/english/news/Pages/vietnam-social-security.aspx?ItemID=10086&CateID=198
NEWS | 12 Nov 2021
Social Security policies to take effect in Viet Nam from July 1, 2021
Vietnam
http://www.tapchibaohiemxahoi.gov.vn/vi/tin-chi-tiet-nhung-chinh-sach-an-sinh-xa-hoi-co-hieu-luc-tu-ngay-172021-2cc39cf0.aspx
NEWS | 04 Nov 2021
International consultation to orient the development strategy of Viet Nam Social Security to 2030
Vietnam
https://vss.gov.vn/english/news/Pages/vietnam-social-security.aspx?ItemID=10062&CateID=198
DOCUMENT | 20 Oct 2021
Health financial hardship among ethnic minority populations in Vietnam
Vietnam
NEWS | 20 Oct 2021
Viet Nam Social Security staff trained to better understand and respond to health insurance members’ needs
Vietnam
https://ilo.org/hanoi/Informationresources/Publicinformation/newsitems/WCMS_823245/lang--en/index.htm
NEWS | 12 Oct 2021
Household health expenditure rises by 52% last four years
Mozambique
The recent Household Budget Survey 2019-20 published end of September shows a relevant 52% increase in household health expenditures. However, expenditure level continues to be low, passing from 90 Mzn (1,5€) in the last report of 2014-15 to 139 Mzn (1,8€) per...
NEWS | 10 Sep 2021
Promoting solutions to develop participants of social and health insurance in the last months of the year
Vietnam
https://vss.gov.vn/english/news/Pages/vietnam-social-security.aspx?CateID=198&ItemID=9988
DOCUMENT | 27 Aug 2021
Patient-Centered Care: Transforming the Health Care System in Vietnam With Support of Digital Health Technology
Vietnam
'The aim of this paper was to explore the opportunities, challenges, and necessary conditions for Vietnam in transforming toward a patient-centered care model to produce better health for people and reduce health care costs.'
NEWS | 27 Aug 2021
VSS to promote digital transformation for participants of social and health insurance in the new situation
Vietnam
https://vss.gov.vn/english/news/Pages/vietnam-social-security.aspx?ItemID=9975&CateID=198
POST | 27 Jul 2021
Implementing UHC in the Philippines: Is the glass half full or half empty?
Philippines
Christian Edward Nuevo¹, Maria Eufemia Yap¹, Matt Boxshall², & Nirmala Ravishankar² ThinkWell, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines ThinkWell, Washington DC, United States of America Correspondence to Christian Edward Nuevo (email: ian.nuevo@gmail.com)...
POST | 27 Jul 2021
Policy and Implementation Insights on Provider Payment Reforms of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation
Philippines
Dredge, R., Nuevo, C. E., Paterno, A. R. (2021) The Philippine Universal Health Care (UHC) Law of 2019 introduced system-level reforms on health financing, particularly for the provider payment mechanisms of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation...
POST | 17 Jul 2021
Can Armenia Better Leverage its Basic Benefit Package for Universal Health Coverage?
Armenia
Nicole Fraser, Adanna Chukwuma, Marianna Koshkakaryan, Lusine Yengibaryan, Xiaohui Hou, Tommy Wilkinson, Christina Meyer When Armenia introduced its first Basic Benefits Package (BBP) in 1997, the average life expectancy at birth was 70 years and the under-five...