Health care in Malaysia : the dynamics of provision, financing and access / edited by Chee Heng Leng and Simon Barraclough.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chee, Heng Leng.

Barraclough, Simon

Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Series:

Routledge Malaysian studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public health--Malaysia.

Public health.

Medical care--Malaysia.

Medical care.

Health Services.

Malaysia.

Delivery of Health Care.

Health Care Reform.

Health Policy.

Medical Subjects:

Health Services.

Malaysia.

Delivery of Health Care.

Health Care Reform.

Health Policy.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 221 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2007.

Summary:

The health care system in Malaysia has undergone a fundamental transformation over the last two decades. This book examines this transformation and explores the pressing issues it faces today. It includes coverage of: the evolution of the system since independence, from the colonial legacy of national provision bequeathed from the British to the impact of the global ideological shift against statism in the 1980sconsiders the responses of the Malaysian state and government policyissues such as equity of provision, women's access to health care, HIV-AIDS health care, care for the elderly.The book offers a detailed examination of the changing face of health care in Malaysia, and its impact on Malaysian citizens, users and society.

Contents:

The growth of corporate health care in Malaysia / Chee Heng Leng, Simon Barraclough

Regulating Malaysia's private health care sector / Nik Rosnah Wan Abdullah

Rising health care costs : the contradictory responses of the Malaysian state / Phua Kai Lit

Malaysian health policy in comparative perspective / M. Ramesh

The welfarist state under duress : global influences and local contingencies in Malaysia / Chan Chee Khoon

Equity in Malaysian healthcare : an analysis of public health expenditures and healthcare facilities / Wee Chong Hui, Jomo K. S.

Health care for the Orang Asli : consequences of paternalism and non-recognition / Colin Nicholas, Adela Baer

Women's access to health care services in Malaysia / Chee Heng Leng, Wong Yut Lin

HIV/AIDS health care policy and practice in Malaysia / Huang Mary S. L., Mohd Nasir Mohd Taib

Health care and long-term care issues for the elderly / Ong Fon Sim

Health care in Sarawak : model of a public system / Khoo Khay Jin.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

0415418798

9780415418799

0203964837

9780203964835

OCLC:

70823167