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Table 2 Descriptive statistics – outcome variables, 2004

From: Health financing for the poor produces promising short-term effects on utilization and out-of-pocket expenditure: evidence from Vietnam

 

Full sample

HCFP eligible

Utilization

Mean

Standard error

Mean

Standard error

No. of outpatient (OP) visits in the 12-month recall period

0.990331

0.013564

0.784695

0.023113

no. of OP visits at commune level clinics

0.232479

0.005542

0.317338

0.011274

no. of OP visits at district hospital

0.119591

0.003903

0.110438

0.008076

no. of OP visits at provincial/central hospital

0.120778

0.004495

0.050821

0.005396

no. of OP visits at govt. hospital

0.240368

0.006001

0.161259

0.009783

no. of OP visits at private facility

0.493966

0.010409

0.289875

0.017243

No. of inpatient (IP) admissions in the 12-month recall period

0.095875

0.002429

0.107604

0.006065

no. of IP admissions at commune level clinics

0.014145

0.000728

0.022869

0.001745

no. of IP admissions at district hospital

0.03749

0.001434

0.047987

0.003491

no. of IP admissions at provincial/central hospital

0.040605

0.001564

0.031763

0.003538

no. of IP admissions at govt. hospital

0.078095

0.002242

0.07975

0.005576

Expenditure (in Vietnamese Dong, VND)

    

Real per capita annual household health expenditure in the 12-month recall period

270.4715

3.8209

157.5965

5.038973

Real annual household health expenditure

1304.939

17.23415

798.0596

20.71008

Real annual household expenditure on OP care

463.8379

7.076816

262.0579

7.853138

Real annual household expenditure on IP care

522.9289

13.80825

333.0659

15.96045

Real annual household expenditure on self-medication

264.8263

2.639633

187.1645

4.547569

% of households with catastrophic health expenditure (20%)

0.184282

0.001928

0.210907

0.004033

% of households with catastrophic health expenditure (40%)

0.060537

0.001186

0.070563

0.002532

  1. Source: Vietnam Household Living Standards Survey, 2004