Reduction in perforated appendicitis incidence between rural and urban populations after introducing social health insurance in Vietnam: A population‐based study
Tran‐Nguyen Nguyen, Yiing‐Jenq Chou, Nicole Huang · 2024
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Tran-Nguyen Nguyen, Yiing-Jenq Chou, and Nicole Huang study rates of perforated appendicitis in rural and urban Vietnam after health insurance expanded, published in 2024. Vietnam widened its social health insurance to cut health disparities. A burst appendix is a marker of delayed care, so its rate can show whether access gaps are closing.
Using insurance claims from one province over five years, the team studied thousands of adults who had appendix surgery. About a fifth to a quarter of cases were perforated overall. After the expansion, rural residents had slightly lower rates than urban residents, and the gap shrank over time. Older, male, and poor residents faced higher risk in both settings. In rural areas, other illnesses and remote location also raised risk.
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| CREATOR | Tran‐Nguyen Nguyen, Yiing‐Jenq Chou, Nicole Huang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 24 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |