Workshop to support the Government of Viet Nam in health price setting and regulation
Dr Sarah L. Barber, Director of the WHO Kobe Centre was invited by the WHO Representative Office in Viet Nam to participate in the Workshop on sharing international experiences on price setting and regulation and price management of health services in Hanoi, Viet Nam on 3-4 August. The meeting was attended by over fifty participants and chaired by the Deputy Minister of Health and Deputy Director General, Viet Nam Social Security. Dr Barber presented experiences from the joint WHO/OECD publication on pricing health care services, along with Professor Soonman Kwon, Seoul National University, Ms Ding Wang, WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific, and Dr Kees van Gool, Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority, Australia. The meeting was organized by Drs Annie Chu and Thi Kim Phuong Nguyen to discuss the roadmap for pricing and payment methods for hospitals in Viet Nam.