Barriers to accessing and using health insurance cards among methadone maintenance treatment patients in northern Vietnam
Abstract Background Methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) patients face unique costs associated with their healthcare expenditures. As such, it is important that these patients have access to health insurance (HI) to help them pay for both routine and unforeseen health services. In this study, we ex...
Main Authors: | Bach Xuan Tran, Victoria L. Boggiano, Cuong Tat Nguyen, Long Hoang Nguyen, Anh Tuan Le Nguyen, Carl A. Latkin |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-07-01
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Series: | Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13011-017-0119-0 |
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