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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| author | Rajadurai, Pathmanathan How, Soon Hin Liam, Chong Kin Sachithanandan, Anand Soon, Sing Yang Tho, Lye Mun |
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| description | 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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| spelling | iium-801822020-07-13T04:06:15Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/80182/ Lung cancer in Malaysia Rajadurai, Pathmanathan How, Soon Hin Liam, Chong Kin Sachithanandan, Anand Soon, Sing Yang Tho, Lye Mun R Medicine (General) RC731 Specialties of Internal Medicine-Diseases of The Respiratory System 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 Academic Press, Ltd. 2020-05-07 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/80182/1/80182-Lung%20Cancer%20in%20Malaysia.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/80182/7/80182_Lung%20cancer%20in%20Malaysia_Scopus.pdf Rajadurai, Pathmanathan and How, Soon Hin and Liam, Chong Kin and Sachithanandan, Anand and Soon, Sing Yang and Tho, Lye Mun (2020) Lung cancer in Malaysia. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 492. pp. 317-323. ISSN 0022-5193 E-ISSN 1095-8541 https://www.jto.org/article/S1556-0864(19)33639-1/pdf 10.1016/j.jtho.2019.10.021 |
| spellingShingle | R Medicine (General) RC731 Specialties of Internal Medicine-Diseases of The Respiratory System Rajadurai, Pathmanathan How, Soon Hin Liam, Chong Kin Sachithanandan, Anand Soon, Sing Yang Tho, Lye Mun Lung cancer in Malaysia |
| title | Lung cancer in Malaysia |
| title_full | Lung cancer in Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Lung cancer in Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Lung cancer in Malaysia |
| title_short | Lung cancer in Malaysia |
| title_sort | lung cancer in malaysia |
| topic | R Medicine (General) RC731 Specialties of Internal Medicine-Diseases of The Respiratory System |
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