Prices of medical services hiked in Vietnam
09-Jun-15, Tuoi Tre News
Health authorities in Ho Chi Minh City have raised the prices of nearly 2,000 medical services offered at state-owned facilities since the beginning of this month.
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The prices of 477 of 1,996 medical services at public health facilities in the city have been hiked since June 1 to be equal to 85 percent of the respective ceiling rates in place now, the Department of Health said on Monday.
Meanwhile, the prices of the remaining 1,519 services have been raised to be equivalent to 75 percent of the respective caps, also since June 1.
The price hike was made as the second step of the three-step road map for raising medical service prices, based on the ceiling rates set by the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Finance in their joint circular dated February 29, 2012.