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Promoting Malaysians to Spend on Health: What It Takes to Encourage Malaysians to Spend on Health Promotion?.

In light of the important role of health-promoting expenditure in health, the objective of this study was to investigate the socio-demographic determinants of health-promoting expenditure such as purchase of medical equipment and services, food supplements and health education services and products...

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Main Author: Yong, Kang Cheah
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2013
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spelling my-ukm.journal.71262016-12-14T06:43:10Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7126/ Promoting Malaysians to Spend on Health: What It Takes to Encourage Malaysians to Spend on Health Promotion?. Yong, Kang Cheah In light of the important role of health-promoting expenditure in health, the objective of this study was to investigate the socio-demographic determinants of health-promoting expenditure such as purchase of medical equipment and services, food supplements and health education services and products among Malaysian adults. Third National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS III) consisting of 28771 observations was used for analysis. It was the latest nationally representative cross-sectional population-based survey conducted by the Ministry of Health Malaysia from April 2006 to January 2007. A censored regression model(Tobit) was applied to examine the factors affecting health-promoting expenditure. The results showed that age, income, gender, ethnicity, education, marital status, employment status and location of residence were able to affect healthpromoting expenditure. In particular, individuals who were younger, poor, males, Indian/others, less educated, unmarried, unemployed and residing in rural areas tended to spend less money on health promotion compared to others. This study reached a conclusion that socio-demographic factors were significantly associated with individual’s preferences for health promotion. Therefore, the government should devote its attention to these factors when formulating nationwide health policies. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2013-07-29 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7126/1/vol_4_no_1_2014_50.pdf Yong, Kang Cheah (2013) Promoting Malaysians to Spend on Health: What It Takes to Encourage Malaysians to Spend on Health Promotion?. International Journal of Public Health Research, 4 (1). pp. 391-398. ISSN 2232-0245
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description In light of the important role of health-promoting expenditure in health, the objective of this study was to investigate the socio-demographic determinants of health-promoting expenditure such as purchase of medical equipment and services, food supplements and health education services and products among Malaysian adults. Third National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS III) consisting of 28771 observations was used for analysis. It was the latest nationally representative cross-sectional population-based survey conducted by the Ministry of Health Malaysia from April 2006 to January 2007. A censored regression model(Tobit) was applied to examine the factors affecting health-promoting expenditure. The results showed that age, income, gender, ethnicity, education, marital status, employment status and location of residence were able to affect healthpromoting expenditure. In particular, individuals who were younger, poor, males, Indian/others, less educated, unmarried, unemployed and residing in rural areas tended to spend less money on health promotion compared to others. This study reached a conclusion that socio-demographic factors were significantly associated with individual’s preferences for health promotion. Therefore, the government should devote its attention to these factors when formulating nationwide health policies.
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Promoting Malaysians to Spend on Health: What It Takes to Encourage Malaysians to Spend on Health Promotion?.
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title Promoting Malaysians to Spend on Health: What It Takes to Encourage Malaysians to Spend on Health Promotion?.
title_short Promoting Malaysians to Spend on Health: What It Takes to Encourage Malaysians to Spend on Health Promotion?.
title_full Promoting Malaysians to Spend on Health: What It Takes to Encourage Malaysians to Spend on Health Promotion?.
title_fullStr Promoting Malaysians to Spend on Health: What It Takes to Encourage Malaysians to Spend on Health Promotion?.
title_full_unstemmed Promoting Malaysians to Spend on Health: What It Takes to Encourage Malaysians to Spend on Health Promotion?.
title_sort promoting malaysians to spend on health: what it takes to encourage malaysians to spend on health promotion?.
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