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Ability and willingness to pay for health care and contribute to National Healthcare Financing Scheme among farmers in Selangor

Introduction : In view of high healthcare expenditure, Malaysia also faces problems in healthcare financing. The policy option is to establish a national health financing scheme. However, it is a problem to develop mechanisms to cover social insurance package to more than one third of the population...

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Main Authors: Aizuddin AN,, Hod R,, Rizal AM,, Yon R,, Al Junid SM,
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Published: Department Of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2011
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R Medicine (General)
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2428/1/Vol17%281%29-Azimatun.pdf
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spelling my-ukm.journal.24282016-12-14T06:31:35Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2428/ Ability and willingness to pay for health care and contribute to National Healthcare Financing Scheme among farmers in Selangor Aizuddin AN, Hod R, Rizal AM, Yon R, Al Junid SM, R Medicine (General) Introduction : In view of high healthcare expenditure, Malaysia also faces problems in healthcare financing. The policy option is to establish a national health financing scheme. However, it is a problem to develop mechanisms to cover social insurance package to more than one third of the population working in informal sector such as farmers. Therefore, there is an urgent need to assess the ability and willingness of the farming community. The main objective was to study the ability and willingness in the farming community to contribute to national healthcare financing scheme. Methodology : This a cross sectional study involved 400 farmers in Selangor. A total of 92.3% farmers were able to pay for the healthcare. Results : Willingness to contribute to The national healthcare financing scheme were RM2.00 per month. Conclusion : The education level influenced the ability to pay while the educational level and per capita income influenced willingness to pay. Department Of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2011-07-15 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2428/1/Vol17%281%29-Azimatun.pdf Aizuddin AN, and Hod R, and Rizal AM, and Yon R, and Al Junid SM, (2011) Ability and willingness to pay for health care and contribute to National Healthcare Financing Scheme among farmers in Selangor. Jurnal Kesihatan Masyarakat, 17 (1). pp. 56-63. ISSN 1675-1663 http://www.communityhealthjournal.org/
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Aizuddin AN,
Hod R,
Rizal AM,
Yon R,
Al Junid SM,
Ability and willingness to pay for health care and contribute to National Healthcare Financing Scheme among farmers in Selangor
description Introduction : In view of high healthcare expenditure, Malaysia also faces problems in healthcare financing. The policy option is to establish a national health financing scheme. However, it is a problem to develop mechanisms to cover social insurance package to more than one third of the population working in informal sector such as farmers. Therefore, there is an urgent need to assess the ability and willingness of the farming community. The main objective was to study the ability and willingness in the farming community to contribute to national healthcare financing scheme. Methodology : This a cross sectional study involved 400 farmers in Selangor. A total of 92.3% farmers were able to pay for the healthcare. Results : Willingness to contribute to The national healthcare financing scheme were RM2.00 per month. Conclusion : The education level influenced the ability to pay while the educational level and per capita income influenced willingness to pay.
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author Aizuddin AN,
Hod R,
Rizal AM,
Yon R,
Al Junid SM,
author_facet Aizuddin AN,
Hod R,
Rizal AM,
Yon R,
Al Junid SM,
author_sort Aizuddin AN,
title Ability and willingness to pay for health care and contribute to National Healthcare Financing Scheme among farmers in Selangor
title_short Ability and willingness to pay for health care and contribute to National Healthcare Financing Scheme among farmers in Selangor
title_full Ability and willingness to pay for health care and contribute to National Healthcare Financing Scheme among farmers in Selangor
title_fullStr Ability and willingness to pay for health care and contribute to National Healthcare Financing Scheme among farmers in Selangor
title_full_unstemmed Ability and willingness to pay for health care and contribute to National Healthcare Financing Scheme among farmers in Selangor
title_sort ability and willingness to pay for health care and contribute to national healthcare financing scheme among farmers in selangor
publisher Department Of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2011
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2428/1/Vol17%281%29-Azimatun.pdf
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2428/
http://www.communityhealthjournal.org/
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