Factors contributing to utilization of health care services in Malaysia: A population-based study

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 442-450

  Krishnaswamy, Saroja ^a   Subramaniam, Kavitha ^a   Low, Wah Yun ^b   Aziz, Jemain Abdul ^c   Indran, Tishya ^d   Ramachandran, Padma ^e   Hamid, Abdul Rahman Abdul ^c   Patel, Vikram ^f  

^a PENANG MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^d ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health care services; Malaysia; Utilisation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SUPPORT GROUP;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349913916     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539509345862     Document Type: Article

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