The cost of healtcare among Malaysian community-dwelling elderly

• Main Authors: Koris, Roshanim, Mohamed Nor, Norashidah, Haron, Sharifah Azizah, Hamid, Tengku Aizan, Aljunid, Syed Mohamed, Muhammad Nur, Amrizal, Ismail, Normaz Wana, Shafie, Asrul Akmal, Yusoff, Suraya, Maimaiti, Namaitijiang
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/82377/1/The%20cost%20of%20healtcare%20among%20Malaysian%20community-dwelling%20elderly%20.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/82377/; https://www.ukm.my/jem/article/the-cost-of-healthcare-among-malaysian-community-dwelling-elderly/

The aim of this study is to provide a comprehensive estimate of the direct and indirect costs of healthcare services used in a nationally representative sample of community-dwelling elderly in Malaysia as well as the determinants of such health care costs. The rise of chronic non-communicable diseas...