Do economic conditions and in-kind benefits make needy patients bond together? insights from cross-section data on clusters of co-located patients in Vietnam

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Abstract: Introduction: The phenomenon of desperate patients live together in voluntary co- location clusters has been emerging over the past decade in Vietnam. Patients seek to share facilities, reduce costs and rely on one another for support to make life safer and less miserable. There has not been much research on these clusters and patients' bonding to their community. Methods: The study uses a cross-section data set containing 336 observations from four patients' co-location clusters, collected from 2015Q4 to 2016Q1. ...