Vietnam: What are the development orientations for private hospitals under the health facility network planning by 2030?

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• What are the development orientations for private hospitals under the health facility network planning by 2030 in Vietnam?
• What are the objectives of the health facility network planning during the 2021-2030 period in Vietnam?
• Are private hospitals in Vietnam obligated to post up prices of medical services?

What are the development orientations for private hospitals under the health facility network planning by 2030 in Vietnam?

According to subsection 1 Section III of Decision 201/QD-TTg 2024 as follows:

Orientation for private health development

- Encourage the development of high-tech-intensive and intensive private hospitals providing high-quality, technically advanced services and several international-level private hospitals; encourage public-private cooperation, private investment, and provision of health care services that meet the needs of the people.

- Increase the quantity of beds in private hospitals, striving for the proportion of hospital beds in private hospitals to be at least 10% by 2025, 15% by 2030, and 25% by 2050.

- Develop centralized production areas on pharmaceuticals, vaccines, bio-products, and medical devices to attract domestic and foreign private investment; encourage organizations and individuals to invest in production, business, and supply in the field of testing, inspection, and calibration.

Thus, for private hospitals, the State in Vietnam encourages the development of high-tech-intensive and intensive private hospitals providing high-quality, technically advanced services and several international-level private hospitals, and the increase of the quantity of beds in private hospitals.

What are the objectives of the health facility network planning during the 2021-2030 period in Vietnam?

According to subsection 2 Section II of Decision 201/QD-TTg 2024, the objectives of the health facility network planning during the 2021-2030 period in Vietnam are specified as follows:

(1) General objectives:

- Formulate and develop a national health facility network in accordance with the requirements of protecting, caring for and improving people's health, towards the goal of equity, quality, efficiency, and international integration;

- Ensure the succession, feasibility and suitability to the country's socioeconomic development conditions in each period;

- Improve the quality of health services at the level of advanced countries in the region and the world.

(2) Specific objectives and targets:

- Develop a national health facility network capable of providing quality health services to meet people's healthcare needs;

Ensure that each region has a general hospital that performs regional functions; develop specialized centers in general hospitals; upgrade several provincial specialty hospitals capable of providing intensive technical services to meet the health care needs of people in the region;

Develop a number of high-tech, modern specialized hospitals on par with advanced countries in the region and internationally.

Consolidate and develop the out-of-hospital emergency system;

Develop high-tech-intensive and intensive private hospitals that provide high-quality, technically advanced services, some of which are at the international level;

- Establish central centers for disease control and regional centers for disease control, upgrade provincial centers for disease control to ensure sufficient capacity for forecasting, surveillance and early detection, timely and effective control of epidemics and control risk factors affecting public health;

Establish level 4 biosafety laboratory for central centers for disease control, and level 3 biosafety laboratories for regional centers for disease control.

- Upgrade the national institute in the field of testing, inspection and verification of drugs, vaccines, bio-products, and medical devices to international standards;

Develop regional testing centers meeting national standards; develop national medical devices testing and calibration centers and medical laboratory quality control centers to meet the demand for testing, inspection and standardization of drugs, cosmetics, food and medical devices of provinces and cities in the region;

Develop research centers and centralized production areas on pharmaceuticals, vaccines, bio-products, and high-tech medical devices in order to enhance domestic production capacity and increase export value; establish a national research unit on technology transfer on vaccines.

- Improve the professional capacity of medical, forensic áxamination, and forensic psychiatric assessment facilities to meet assessment requirements.

- Develop the network of health facilities providing reproductive health services; meet long-term care needs for the elderly.

- Strive to reach 33 hospital beds per 10,000 people by 2025, 15 doctors per 10,000 people, 3.4 pharmacists per 10,000 people and 25 nurses per 10,000 people;

By 2030, reach 35 hospital beds per 10,000 people, 19 doctors per 10,000 people, 4.0 pharmacists per 10,000 people, 33 nurses per 10,000 people, the proportion of private hospital beds will reach 15% of the total number of hospital beds.

Are private hospitals in Vietnam obligated to post up prices of medical services?

Pursuant to Clause 8, Article 110 of the Law on Medical Examination and Treatment 2023 and Clause 4, Article 60 of the Law on Medical Examination and Treatment 2023 as follows:

Responsibilities of health facilities

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4. Post up prices of medical services, prices of medical care and support services upon request on their premises and on the healthcare management information system.

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Thus, private hospitals in Vietnam are responsible for posting up prices of medical services.