Quality use of medicine in a developing economy: Measures to overcome challenges in the Malaysian healthcare system:

SAGE Open Medicine

Nurul-AinMohd-Tahir¹ 

关键词: Health system;    quality use of medicine;    health policy;    health planning;   

DOI  :  10.1177/2050312115596864

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

Malaysia inherits a highly subsidized tax-based public healthcare system complemented by a fee-for-service private sector. Population health in Malaysia has considerably improved since independence using a relatively small amount of gross domestic product (~4%). Brain drain of highly specialized personnel, growth in healthcare spending, demographic and disease pattern changes and increase in patients’ demands and expectations towards better medical care are exerting pressure on the sustainability of the system to continuously provide efficient and effective services at relatively low cost. Malaysia has adopted and implemented some of the quality use of medicine concepts such as National Essential Medicine List, health technology assessment and promotion of generic medicines in their health policy, but so far the results may not be optimal. Activities to further promote these strategies are needed for successful implementation to achieve more positive and sustained beneficial outcomes. Better strategic pla...

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