The Contribution of Non-medical Costs to Financial Catastrophe Among Patients Receiving Free Cleft Surgery in Vietnam

In Vietnam, over 80% of the population had health insurance in 2017 but 50-80% of medical expenditures were not covered by insurance. We evaluated potential catastrophic (CHE) and impoverishing health expenditure (IHE) among patients receiving cleft surgery at an Operation Smile mission in Vietnam.
Source: Journal of the American College of Surgeons - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Global Surgery and Humanitarian Outreach Source Type: research