Reform towards National Health Insurance in Malaysia: The equity implications

Health Policy

Volumn 100, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 256-263

  Yu, Chai Ping ^a   Whynes, David K ^b   Sach, Tracey H ^c  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equity; Health financing; National Health Insurance; Reform

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MALAYSIA; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE;

DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS;

EID: 79954950174     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2010.10.018     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Ministry of Health. National Healthcare Financing Conference 2002. Financing healthcare in Malaysia: The way forward. Pulau Pinang, Malaysia, 19-22 June 2002.
2. World Health Organization The World Health Report 2006 - working together for health 2006, World Health Organization.
3. O'Donnell O., Van Doorslear E., et al. Who pays for health care in Asia? Equitap project. Journal of Health Economics 2008, 27(2):460-475.
4. Yu C.P., Whynes D.K., Sach T.H. Equity in health care financing: the case of Malaysia. International Journal for Equity in Health 2008, 7:15.
5. Ministry of Health Malaysia Health financing 2000, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Finance Division.
6. Economic Planning Unit Eighth Malaysia Plan 2001-2005 2001, Economic Planning Unit Malaysia.
7. Economic Planning Unit Ninth Malaysia Plan 2006-2010 2006, Economic Planning Unit Malaysia.
8. Ministry of Health Malaysia The Malaysia health care delivery and financing system (MEDIFIS) 2003, Corporate Division, Ministry of Health Malaysia, [6 January 2003].
9. Ministry of Health Malaysia The Management of Malaysian health care fund: proposals 2003, Corporate Division, Ministry of Health Malaysia, [1 March 2003].
10. Kakwani N. Measurement of tax progressivity: an international comparison. Economic Journal 1977, 87:71-80.
11. Wagstaff A., Van Doorslaer E. Equity in health care finance and delivery. Handbook of health economics 2000, vol. 1B. Elsevier Science, Amsterdam.
12. Department of Statistics Report on household expenditure survey Malaysia 1998/99 2000, Department of Statistics, Malaysia.
13. World Bank. Quantitative techniques for health equity analysis. World Bank; 2005. Available at: [accessed 18 July 2005]. http://www.worldbank.org/poverty/health/wbact/health_eq.htm.
14. Ministry of Health. Summary report: Malaysia National Health Accounts (MNHA) project 1997-2002. Joint project by the Ministry of Health, United Nations Development Programme and Economic Planning Unit. Planning and Development Division, Ministry of Health; 2005 [25th August 2005].
15. Donabedian A Issues in National Health Insurance. American Journal of Public Health 1976, 66(4):345-350.
16. De Beer C., Broomberg J. Financing health care for all - is national health insurance the first step?. South African Medical Journal 1990, 78(3):144-147.
17. Russell Ability to pay for health care: concepts and evidence. Health Policy and Planning 1996, 11(3):219-237.
18. Deaton A, Zaidi S. Guidelines for constructing consumption aggregates for welfare analysis. In: Living standards measurement study, Working Paper No 135. World Bank. Washington, DC; 2002.
19. Department of Statistics. Population distribution and basic demographic characteristics report. Population and Housing Census 2000. Putrajaya 6 November 2001. Department of Statistics Malaysia; 2001.