Internationalisation of healthcare: a fairer approach for local patients / Nuraisyah Chua Abdullah, Herwina Rosnan and Norzayana Yusof.

Malaysia is among the selected countries for medical tourism due to its excellent healthcare services. Nevertheless, there are concerns if service providers are balancing the local and foreign patients’ healthcare demands due to the similarities and differences of their behaviour on these two groups...

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Main Authors: Abdullah, Nuraisyah Chua, Rosnan, Herwina, Yusof, Norzayana
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Selangor 2019
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29896/
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author Abdullah, Nuraisyah Chua
Rosnan, Herwina
Yusof, Norzayana
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description Malaysia is among the selected countries for medical tourism due to its excellent healthcare services. Nevertheless, there are concerns if service providers are balancing the local and foreign patients’ healthcare demands due to the similarities and differences of their behaviour on these two groups. Through literature analysis, it is found the lack of discussion on medical practitioners’ behaviour towards local patients, this paper aims to analyse the that unhealthy behaviour towards local patients is profound. Hence, the discussions are hoped to spark the policy-makers’ attention in restructuring the healthcare policy to realign the medical practitioners’ behaviour on both patient groups.
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spelling uitm-298962020-04-20T04:17:40Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29896/ Internationalisation of healthcare: a fairer approach for local patients / Nuraisyah Chua Abdullah, Herwina Rosnan and Norzayana Yusof. ajebs Abdullah, Nuraisyah Chua Rosnan, Herwina Yusof, Norzayana Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine Personal health and hygiene. Including clothing, bathing, exercise, travel, nutrition, sleep, sex hygiene Malaysia is among the selected countries for medical tourism due to its excellent healthcare services. Nevertheless, there are concerns if service providers are balancing the local and foreign patients’ healthcare demands due to the similarities and differences of their behaviour on these two groups. Through literature analysis, it is found the lack of discussion on medical practitioners’ behaviour towards local patients, this paper aims to analyse the that unhealthy behaviour towards local patients is profound. Hence, the discussions are hoped to spark the policy-makers’ attention in restructuring the healthcare policy to realign the medical practitioners’ behaviour on both patient groups. Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Selangor 2019-01 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29896/1/AJ_NURAISYAH%20CHUA%20ABDULLAH%20AJE-BS%20B%2019.pdf Abdullah, Nuraisyah Chua and Rosnan, Herwina and Yusof, Norzayana (2019) Internationalisation of healthcare: a fairer approach for local patients / Nuraisyah Chua Abdullah, Herwina Rosnan and Norzayana Yusof. (2019) Asian Journal of Environment-Behaviour Studies <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Asian_Journal_of_Environment-Behaviour_Studies.html>, 4 (12). pp. 1-14. ISSN 1394-0384 https://aje-bs.e-iph.co.uk/index.php/ajE-Bs/article/view/338
spellingShingle Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Personal health and hygiene. Including clothing, bathing, exercise, travel, nutrition, sleep, sex hygiene
Abdullah, Nuraisyah Chua
Rosnan, Herwina
Yusof, Norzayana
Internationalisation of healthcare: a fairer approach for local patients / Nuraisyah Chua Abdullah, Herwina Rosnan and Norzayana Yusof.
title Internationalisation of healthcare: a fairer approach for local patients / Nuraisyah Chua Abdullah, Herwina Rosnan and Norzayana Yusof.
title_full Internationalisation of healthcare: a fairer approach for local patients / Nuraisyah Chua Abdullah, Herwina Rosnan and Norzayana Yusof.
title_fullStr Internationalisation of healthcare: a fairer approach for local patients / Nuraisyah Chua Abdullah, Herwina Rosnan and Norzayana Yusof.
title_full_unstemmed Internationalisation of healthcare: a fairer approach for local patients / Nuraisyah Chua Abdullah, Herwina Rosnan and Norzayana Yusof.
title_short Internationalisation of healthcare: a fairer approach for local patients / Nuraisyah Chua Abdullah, Herwina Rosnan and Norzayana Yusof.
title_sort internationalisation of healthcare: a fairer approach for local patients / nuraisyah chua abdullah, herwina rosnan and norzayana yusof.
topic Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Personal health and hygiene. Including clothing, bathing, exercise, travel, nutrition, sleep, sex hygiene
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29896/
https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29896/