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Table 3 Health care variables of children

From: The impact of health insurance programs for children: evidence from Vietnam

Health care variables

Children with student health insurance

Children with free health insurance

Children without health insurance

All children

The 2006 VHLSS

 % having health care visits

36.24

38.07

28.42

33.52

 Number of health care visits

0.998

1.008

0.806

0.928

 Out-of-pocket expenditures per child

113.5

38.3

106.9

103.2

 Out-of-pocket expenditures per visit

144.7

53.1

161.4

139.1

The 2008 VHLSS

 % having health care visits

29.49

29.02

23.54

28.34

 Number of health care visits

0.726

0.680

0.698

0.713

 Out-of-pocket expenditures per child

149.6

71.7

123.1

130.1

 Out-of-pocket expenditures per visit

275.6

139.6

219.5

240.9

The 2010 VHLSS

 % having health care visits

36.62

34.33

25.68

34.14

 Number of health care visits

1.019

0.869

0.717

0.931

 Out-of-pocket expenditures per child

198.1

83.3

102.8

154.8

 Out-of-pocket expenditures per visit

315.9

127.7

149.6

250.3

The 2012 VHLSS

 % having health care visits

33.72

31.36

30.67

32.76

 Number of health care visits

0.842

0.766

1.112

0.854

 Out-of-pocket expenditures per child

169.8

129.0

162.1

158.4

 Out-of-pocket expenditures per visit

274.4

280.3

180.9

265.8

  1. Source: Estimates from VHLSSs 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2012