Public healthcare system utilization for chronic hepatitis C infection in Vietnam
Phuong Nguyen Thi Ngoc, Ngoc Nghiem My, Sabrina Rasheed, Fatema Khatun, Jennifer Van Nuil, Dung Nguyen Thanh, Hung Le Mạnh, Motiur Rahman · 2023
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Phuong Nguyen Thi Ngoc and co-authors wrote this 2023 study on how people with long-term hepatitis C use Vietnam's public health system. The infection has no symptoms for years, and its care is costly and spread over many visits, which can thin out attendance. The team mined records from a large tropical diseases hospital in Ho Chi Minh City for the years 2017 to 2020.
More than 22,000 patients came for hepatitis C care, and the average patient visited about 2.17 times. Visits per person rose in 2018, then fell in 2019 and 2020. People who lived farther away, and those from one region, visited less. Older patients, insured patients, and those with other illnesses visited more. The authors say distance and coverage shape who stays in care, which should guide outreach.
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| CREATOR | Phuong Nguyen Thi Ngoc, Ngoc Nghiem My, Sabrina Rasheed, Fatema Khatun, Jennifer Van Nuil, Dung Nguyen Thanh, Hung Le Mạnh, Motiur Rahman |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 23 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |