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A study on the health economics of general practitioners in Malaysia: trends, challenges and moving forward

Introduction Health care systems play a vital role in providing health services and in optimising the population’s health of each nation. The Malaysian health care system primarily consists of the public and private health services. One of the prominent private health care services offered in the G...

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Main Authors: Kamal Kenny,, Zoharah Omar,, El Sheila Kanavathi,, Priya Madhavan,
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Published: Jabatan Kesihatan Masyarakat, Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017
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spelling my-ukm.journal.115692018-04-13T15:53:28Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11569/ A study on the health economics of general practitioners in Malaysia: trends, challenges and moving forward Kamal Kenny, Zoharah Omar, El Sheila Kanavathi, Priya Madhavan, Introduction Health care systems play a vital role in providing health services and in optimising the population’s health of each nation. The Malaysian health care system primarily consists of the public and private health services. One of the prominent private health care services offered in the General Practitioner’s (GP) Clinic. Despite the prominent role GPs play in the health care system in this country, little is known about their practices, the issues and challenges faced by GPs in this country. The objective of this study was to describe the current GP practice operations in Malaysia in terms of its general operations, financial expenditure and revenue, market competitiveness and laboratory services offered by the clinics. Methods A cross-sectional survey design was used in this study. The study sample comprised of 1800 GPs throughout the West of Malaysia selected using convenient sampling technique. This study provides the general description of the GP operations in terms of the nature of business, operations hours, and number of patients, the third party administrator and managed care organisation linkages, financial expenditure, market competitiveness and laboratory services. Results The findings of the study reveal that the expenditure of managing GP services has increased over the years due to the changes in policies as well as the involvement of third party administrators in the healthcare system despite it playing an instrumental role in complimenting the healthcare services for the public at large. Jabatan Kesihatan Masyarakat, Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11569/1/72-415-2-PB.pdf Kamal Kenny, and Zoharah Omar, and El Sheila Kanavathi, and Priya Madhavan, (2017) A study on the health economics of general practitioners in Malaysia: trends, challenges and moving forward. International Journal of Public Health Research, 7 (1). pp. 765-773. ISSN 2232-0245 http://spaj.ukm.my/ijphr/index.php/ijphr/issue/view/7
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description Introduction Health care systems play a vital role in providing health services and in optimising the population’s health of each nation. The Malaysian health care system primarily consists of the public and private health services. One of the prominent private health care services offered in the General Practitioner’s (GP) Clinic. Despite the prominent role GPs play in the health care system in this country, little is known about their practices, the issues and challenges faced by GPs in this country. The objective of this study was to describe the current GP practice operations in Malaysia in terms of its general operations, financial expenditure and revenue, market competitiveness and laboratory services offered by the clinics. Methods A cross-sectional survey design was used in this study. The study sample comprised of 1800 GPs throughout the West of Malaysia selected using convenient sampling technique. This study provides the general description of the GP operations in terms of the nature of business, operations hours, and number of patients, the third party administrator and managed care organisation linkages, financial expenditure, market competitiveness and laboratory services. Results The findings of the study reveal that the expenditure of managing GP services has increased over the years due to the changes in policies as well as the involvement of third party administrators in the healthcare system despite it playing an instrumental role in complimenting the healthcare services for the public at large.
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author Kamal Kenny,
Zoharah Omar,
El Sheila Kanavathi,
Priya Madhavan,
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Zoharah Omar,
El Sheila Kanavathi,
Priya Madhavan,
A study on the health economics of general practitioners in Malaysia: trends, challenges and moving forward
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Zoharah Omar,
El Sheila Kanavathi,
Priya Madhavan,
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title A study on the health economics of general practitioners in Malaysia: trends, challenges and moving forward
title_short A study on the health economics of general practitioners in Malaysia: trends, challenges and moving forward
title_full A study on the health economics of general practitioners in Malaysia: trends, challenges and moving forward
title_fullStr A study on the health economics of general practitioners in Malaysia: trends, challenges and moving forward
title_full_unstemmed A study on the health economics of general practitioners in Malaysia: trends, challenges and moving forward
title_sort study on the health economics of general practitioners in malaysia: trends, challenges and moving forward
publisher Jabatan Kesihatan Masyarakat, Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2017
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11569/1/72-415-2-PB.pdf
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