Abstract
Medical tourism is a global industry that refers to the movement of patients across an international border for the purposes of seeking medical care. Malaysia has become one of the key contenders in the medical tourism industry as the result of significant government support and close collaboration between the public and private health sectors. However, the extent of growth of the industry should be explored within the context of dichotomous healthcare system, so that any unintended consequences toward healthcare system could be identified and minimised. This study found that medical tourists represented three per cent of total inpatient discharges from 2014 to 2018. The most utilised type of service by medical tourists was health screening, while top three inpatient procedures consist of endoscopic procedures. Among the hospitals participating in medical tourism in 2018 (n=38), the mean bed occupancy rate for small hospitals (BOR 43.49 per cent; 95% CI: 31.72, 55.26) is closely approaching the critical value of 45 per cent, which may affect their efficiency and could potentially cause patient delay in receiving care.
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@proceedings{APCPH2022-P-62,
title = {Implications of medical tourism to healthcare services utilisation in the participating private hospitals},
author = {Mohd Fauzy Samsudin; Lim Yin Cheng; Maznah Dahlui},
url = {https://apcph.cphm.my/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/APCPH2022-P-62.pdf
https://apcph.cphm.my/wp-content/uploads/wpforms/1176-1e04940bb5d885bf8711ed19095a89ed/APCPH2022-P-62-c542dac072ef27f3cf2a240b16ab0a9f.pdf},
year = {2022},
date = {2022-08-02},
urldate = {2022-08-02},
issue = {7},
abstract = {Medical tourism is a global industry that refers to the movement of patients across an international border for the purposes of seeking medical care. Malaysia has become one of the key contenders in the medical tourism industry as the result of significant government support and close collaboration between the public and private health sectors. However, the extent of growth of the industry should be explored within the context of dichotomous healthcare system, so that any unintended consequences toward healthcare system could be identified and minimised. This study found that medical tourists represented three per cent of total inpatient discharges from 2014 to 2018. The most utilised type of service by medical tourists was health screening, while top three inpatient procedures consist of endoscopic procedures. Among the hospitals participating in medical tourism in 2018 (n=38), the mean bed occupancy rate for small hospitals (BOR 43.49 per cent; 95% CI: 31.72, 55.26) is closely approaching the critical value of 45 per cent, which may affect their efficiency and could potentially cause patient delay in receiving care.},
howpublished = {published online at https://apcph.cphm.my},
note = {Type: POSTER PRESENTATION; Organisation: Cheras Health District Office, Ministry of Health Malaysia;; Department of Social and Preventive Medicine Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya; Department of Research Development and Innovation, University of Malaya Medical Centre},
keywords = {bed occupancy rate, health tourism, healthcare service utilisation, medical tourism, private hospitals},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}