Lung cancer in Malaysia
Malaysia is a Southeast Asian country occupying parts of the Malay Peninsula and the island of Borneo. The population of Malaysia (just over 30 million) is multi-ethnic; approximately half the population is ethnically Malay, with large minorities of Chinese, Indians, and indigenous peoples. Appr...
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Academic Press, Ltd.
2020
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/80182/1/80182-Lung%20Cancer%20in%20Malaysia.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/80182/7/80182_Lung%20cancer%20in%20Malaysia_Scopus.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/80182/ https://www.jto.org/article/S1556-0864(19)33639-1/pdf |
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| Summary: | Malaysia is a Southeast Asian country occupying parts of
the Malay Peninsula and the island of Borneo. The population of Malaysia (just over 30 million) is multi-ethnic;
approximately half the population is ethnically Malay,
with large minorities of Chinese, Indians, and indigenous
peoples. Approximately 70% of the population is urban
(Fig. 1).1 Life expectancy of Malaysians at birth is 74.9
years.2
Health care services in Malaysia are dichotomous
between systems of public and private health care.
Most patients (w65%) in Malaysia seek health care
services in public facilities.3 However, the main
drawback of public health care is a shortage of doctors
and specialists in public hospitals.3 Public health care
in Malaysia is heavily subsidized and offers services at
a fraction of the cost of treatment in the private
sector. Patients receiving treatment in private facilities, on the other hand, are usually covered by private
health care insurance or make out-of-pocket payments.3 There is currently no universal-access national
health care scheme in Malaysia.3 The total expenditure
on health was 4.24% of the gross domestic product in
2017.4 |
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