A strange thing happened on the way to the market: Privatization in Malaysia and its effects on the health-care system

Research in the Sociology of Health Care

Volumn 29, Issue , 2011, Pages 229-242

  Phua, Kai Lit ^a   Barraclough, Simon ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Access; Equity; Health care system; Malaysia; Privatization

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MARKET; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

EID: 84864785388     PISSN: 02754959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S0275-4959(2011)0000029012     Document Type: Article

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