BACKGROUND: While there is accumulated evidence showing the rapid rise of the burden caused by @entity166 ( @entity166 ) in Vietnam, information on the extent to which households in the country suffer financial @entity16839 or impoverishment caused by the diseases is still largely lacking. This paper aims to examine the self-reported prevalence of major @entity102 among a population in rural Vietnam and to analyse the household financial burden associated with these diseases. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey of 800 randomly selected households was carried out in Vo Nhai District, Thai Nguyen Province, in 2010. Face-to-face interviews were conducted with key informants of selected households on diagnosed chronic @entity166 , health care utilization and health expenditure of all household members. The World Health Organization's definitions of @entity16839 and impoverishment were used. Both descriptive and analytical statistics were applied. RESULTS: The prevalence of chronic @entity166 in households and individuals was 29.3 and 33.4%, respectively. The @entity16839 health expenditure and impoverishment rates among the households who have at least one member with a @entity102 were 14.6 and 7.6%, respectively. These rates were significantly higher than the corresponding figures among the households whose members were free from the diseases (4.2 and 2.3%, respectively). The odds of experiencing @entity16839 health expenditure and impoverishment among the household with NCD @entity1 were 3.2 and 2.3 times greater than that of other households. CONCLUSION: Findings from this study indicate that the epidemiological and household financial burdens caused by @entity102 in Vietnam are now substantial and need immediate mitigation measures.

Assessing the household financial burden associated with the chronic XXXX in a rural district of Vietnam.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity16839 :: ('MESH:D002388', 'Disease') :: ['catastrophe', 'catastrophic expenditure', 'catastrophic'] @entity166 :: ('MESH:D003141', 'Disease') :: ['non-communicable diseases', 'NCDs'] @entity102 :: ('MESH:D002908', 'Disease') :: ['chronic disease', 'chronic diseases']
@entity166 :: (MESH:D003141,Disease) :: ['non-communicable diseases']
