New Health Insurance Study Findings Have Been Reported by N. Thi Thuy Nga and Co-Researchers (Family-Based Social Health Insurance for Informal…

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New Health Insurance Study Findings Have Been Reported by N. Thi Thuy Nga and Co-Researchers (Family-Based Social Health Insurance for Informal Workers in Vietnam: Willingness to Pay and Its Determinants)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News -- Data detailed on Health Insurance have been presented. According to news reporting from Hanoi, Vietnam, by VerticalNews journalists, research stated, "The study aimed to assess willingness to pay for family-based social health insurance and its determining factors among informal workers in Vietnam. A double-bounded dichotomous choice approach was used to elicit the willingness to pay of 391 heads of uninsured households."

The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research, "The study indicates that 48.8% of 391 uninsured households were willing to pay for family-based health insurance. The households were willing to pay about 921.9 thousand Vietnamese dongs per household per year (US$42). The factors that significantly affected willingness to pay were household income, number of uninsured members in a household, and sickness of the household head."

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: "The study suggests that a feasible premium for family-based health insurance supported by government subsidy, along with attention to the quality improvements of health services, could be an effective means to increase coverage among the informal sector workers."

For more information on this research see: Family-Based Social Health Insurance for Informal Workers in Vietnam: Willingness to Pay and Its Determinants. Asia-pacific Journal of Public Health, 2018;():1010539518799785. Asia-pacific Journal of Public Health can be contacted at: SAGE Publications, USA , 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320, USA. (Sage Publications - www.sagepub.com/; Asia-pacific Journal of Public Health - aph.sagepub.com)

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting N. Thi Thuy Nga, 1 Hanoi University of Public Health, Hanoi, Vietnam. Additional authors for this research include G. FitzGerald and M.P Dunne.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1177/1010539518799785. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

Publisher contact information for the Asia-pacific Journal of Public Health is: SAGE Publications, USA , 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320, USA.

Keywords for this news article include: Asia, Hanoi, Vietnam, Health Insurance, Health and Medicine.