https://socictopen.socict.org/files/original/883876755b25f9056ee2143f6dfc3186.pdf 723b9e3b22f1af729dccee74c8e89fcb Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Coronavirus Description An account of the resource Dominio científico: Coronavirus Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vietnam’s Healthcare System Decentralization: how well does it respond to global health crises such as covid-19 pandemic? Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Stuart Gilmour, Huy Van Nguyen, Joseph Debattista, Minh Duc Pham, An Thi Minh Dao, Hoa Lan Nguyen, Tien Van Nguyen, Phuong Mai Le, Phuong The Nguyen, Anh Thi Ngoc Tran, Kien Duy Vu, Son Thai Dinh, Minh Van Hoang Description An account of the resource This article discussed Vietnam’s ongoing efforts to decentralize the health system and its fitness to respond to global health crises as presented through the Covid-19 pandemic. We used a general review and expert’s perspective to explore the topic. We found that the healthcare system in Vietnam continued to decentralize from a pyramid to a wheel model. This system shifts away from a stratified technical hierarchy of higher- and lower-level health units (pyramid model) to a system in which quality healthcare is equally expected among all health units (wheel model). This decentralization has delivered more quality healthcare facilities, greater freedom for patients to choose services at any level, a more competitive environment among hospitals to improve quality, and reductions in excess capacity burden at higher levels. It has also enabled the transformation from a patient-based traditional healthcare model into a patient-centered care system. However, this decentralization takes time and requires long-term political, financial commitment, and a working partnership among key stakeholders. This perspective provides Vietnam’s experience of the decentralization of the healthcare system that may be considered as a useful example for other countries to strategically think of and to shape their future system within their own socio-political context. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2021 Subject The topic of the resource Healthcare system; Global health crises; Covid-19 pandemic; Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs); Public health responses; Vietnam Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 10.24083/apjhm.v16i1.619 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available ACHSM Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Public aspects of medicine, Medicine (General)