Study on the health needs and utilization of curative care in Hanoi metropolitan

ABSTRACT

The household sampling survey was conducted on 2099 household in 3 urban district of Hanoi, using a questionaire. Results showed that the frequency per person was 1.05 episode per year; there are differences between age groups, for children above 5 year old age group, the frequency was the highest (2-3 times higher than other age group). The most choice for health care was self medication (36.5%), outpatients care (27.6%), using commune health station (21%) and private clinic (11.3%). Only 2.6% using state hospital as inpatients