Source of funding for COVID-19 testing at hospitals in Vietnam

Source of funding for COVID-19 testing at hospitals in Vietnam
Thúy Trọng

On May 11, 2021, the Ministry of Health of Vietnam issued Official Dispatch 3897/BYT-KHTC on unifying sources of the fund to pay the cost of COVID-19 testing for hospitals to increase testing.

According to the Official Dispatch, the Ministry of Health of Vietnam proposes to the Ministry of Finance of Vietnam to agree as follows:

- For public health facilities in Vietnam:

  • Medical staff, patients' family (if allowed to stay for care), and patients without health insurance cards will be paid by the state budget according to current state budget decentralization.

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    Patients with health insurance cards will be paid by the health insurance fund in accordance with the law on health insurance. The co-payment is guaranteed by the state budget according to the current state budget decentralization.

- For private health care facilities in Vietnam:

  • Medical staff, family members of patients (if they are allowed to stay), and patients without health insurance cards will be guaranteed by private health care facilities.

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    Patients with health insurance cards will be paid by the health insurance fund in accordance with the law on health insurance. The co-payment is guaranteed by the private health care provider.

Details can be found in Official Dispatch 3897/BYT-KHTC, issued on May 11, 2021.

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