Vietnam: Financial sources of District-level Medical Centers

According to Circular No. 37/2016/TT-BYT of the Ministry of Health of Vietnam, financial sources of District-level Medical Centers are from the following 03 sources:

- Funding provided by state budget:

+ Funding for implementing policies on salary and allowances as prescribed by the Government;

+ Funding for covering recurrent expenditures of regional general clinics, maternity wards, medical stations of communes, wards, commune-level towns and mountain villages;

+ Regular operating funding for performing preventive medicine tasks of the Medical Center;

+ Funding provided by state budget for covering expenses which are not yet calculated in service prices;

+ Funding for implementing programs and/or projects which are considered as current expenditures;

+ Funding for implementing projects on investment in infrastructure systems and equipment so as to ensure uninterrupted operation of the Medical Center according to a decision by a competent authority.

- Revenues from provision of medical examination and treatment services and other medical & population services; revenues generated from other service fees and charges as regulated by law.

- Financial sources and assets of target programs, national target program, projects with grant aid, ODA projects and other legal sources of funding as prescribed by the law.

View more details at Circular No. 37/2016/TT-BYT of the Ministry of Health of Vietnam, effective from December 10, 2016.

- Thanh Lam -

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