The demand for health care by the elderly in Kedah: Do enabling factors matter?

• Main Authors: Samsudin, Shamzaeffa, Abdullah, Norehan, Applanaidu, Shri Dewi, Majid, Rahimah, Lim, Hock Eam, Abu Bakar, Nor'Aznin
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: RA Public aspects of medicine
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/12110/1/PKE.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/12110/; http://www.ukm.my/fep/perkem/index.html
• Institution: Universiti Utara Malaysia

Understanding factors that affect health care demand by the elderly is vital for the health system to be more responsive in providing care to this special group.Since health care demand studies at micro level are rather limited within Malaysia context, this research attempts to reduce the gap by foc...