Health Care Reform and Changes: the Malaysian Experience

Health care reform is an intentional, sustained and systematic process of structural change to one or more health subsystems to improve efficiency, effectiveness, patient choices and equity. Health care all over the world is continuously reforming with time. Health care reform has become an increasi...

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Published in:Asia-Pacific journal of public health 2002-01, Vol.14 (1), p.17-22
Main Authors: Merican, Hj Mohd Ismail, Yon, Rohaizat bin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Delivery of Health Care - organization & administration
Delivery of Health Care - standards
Efficiency, Organizational
Health Care Reform
Health Planning
Health Promotion - organization & administration
Health Transition
Humans
Malaysia
Medical Informatics
Politics
Privatization
Quality of Health Care
Social Change
Technology Assessment, Biomedical
Travel
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Summary:Health care reform is an intentional, sustained and systematic process of structural change to one or more health subsystems to improve efficiency, effectiveness, patient choices and equity. Health care all over the world is continuously reforming with time. Health care reform has become an increasingly important agenda for policy change in both developed and developing countries including Malaysia. This paper provides an overview of the Malaysian health care system, its achievements, and issues and challenges leading to ongoing reform towards a more efficient and equitable health care system that possess a better quality of life for the population.
ISSN:1010-5395
1941-2479
DOI:10.1177/101053950201400105