Determinants of healthcare utilisation among the elderly in Malaysia

Purpose: Ageing is a truly important global phenomenon that is proceeding at very fast paced in many parts of the developing world. Consequently, this trend will demand larger proportion of financial resources to be allocated for healthcare services in the future. Therefore, this study will be condu...

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Main Authors:	Mohamad Yunus, Noorain, Abd. Manaf, Noor Hazilah, Omar, Azura
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English
Published:	2015
Subjects:	RA Public aspects of medicine
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/48914/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/48914/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/48914/1/ELDERLY_KOREA.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/48914/4/48914.pdf

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spelling	iium-489142017-07-12T04:40:41Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/48914/ Determinants of healthcare utilisation among the elderly in Malaysia Mohamad Yunus, Noorain Abd. Manaf, Noor Hazilah Omar, Azura RA Public aspects of medicine Purpose: Ageing is a truly important global phenomenon that is proceeding at very fast paced in many parts of the developing world. Consequently, this trend will demand larger proportion of financial resources to be allocated for healthcare services in the future. Therefore, this study will be conducted to investigate the determinants of utilisation of healthcare services for the elderly. Design/methodology/approach: This paper is based on literature review, presents the theoretical and empirical literature on determinants of healthcare utilisation and the outcome of healthcare utilisation towards the elderly. Findings: Drawing from the past literature review, the authors argue that individual characteristics, psychosocial characteristics and health literacy contribute to the utilisation of healthcare resources of the elderly. Furthermore, the researchers discussed the impact of healthcare utilisation towards the outcomes, namely perceived health status and patient satisfaction of the elderly. Originality/value: This paper will build up upon the present knowledge by exploring the contributing factors of utilisation of healthcare services among the elderly. This paper is valuable for researchers interested in the field of healthcare utilisation. Keywords: Healthcare utilisation; Population ageing; Individual characteristics; Psychosocial characteristics; Health literacy; Health status Paper type: Literature review 2015 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/48914/1/ELDERLY_KOREA.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/48914/4/48914.pdf Mohamad Yunus, Noorain and Abd. Manaf, Noor Hazilah and Omar, Azura (2015) Determinants of healthcare utilisation among the elderly in Malaysia. In: 18th QMOD-ICQSS & KSQM International Joint Conference on Quality and Service Sciences (ICQSS 2015), 12th-14th Oct. 2015, Seoul, Korea. (Unpublished) http://18thqmod.ksqm.org/contents/conference.html?sm=12_1
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spellingShingle	RA Public aspects of medicine Mohamad Yunus, Noorain Abd. Manaf, Noor Hazilah Omar, Azura Determinants of healthcare utilisation among the elderly in Malaysia
description	Purpose: Ageing is a truly important global phenomenon that is proceeding at very fast paced in many parts of the developing world. Consequently, this trend will demand larger proportion of financial resources to be allocated for healthcare services in the future. Therefore, this study will be conducted to investigate the determinants of utilisation of healthcare services for the elderly. Design/methodology/approach: This paper is based on literature review, presents the theoretical and empirical literature on determinants of healthcare utilisation and the outcome of healthcare utilisation towards the elderly. Findings: Drawing from the past literature review, the authors argue that individual characteristics, psychosocial characteristics and health literacy contribute to the utilisation of healthcare resources of the elderly. Furthermore, the researchers discussed the impact of healthcare utilisation towards the outcomes, namely perceived health status and patient satisfaction of the elderly. Originality/value: This paper will build up upon the present knowledge by exploring the contributing factors of utilisation of healthcare services among the elderly. This paper is valuable for researchers interested in the field of healthcare utilisation. Keywords: Healthcare utilisation; Population ageing; Individual characteristics; Psychosocial characteristics; Health literacy; Health status Paper type: Literature review
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Mohamad Yunus, Noorain Abd. Manaf, Noor Hazilah Omar, Azura
author_facet	Mohamad Yunus, Noorain Abd. Manaf, Noor Hazilah Omar, Azura
author_sort	Mohamad Yunus, Noorain
title	Determinants of healthcare utilisation among the elderly in Malaysia
title_short	Determinants of healthcare utilisation among the elderly in Malaysia
title_full	Determinants of healthcare utilisation among the elderly in Malaysia
title_fullStr	Determinants of healthcare utilisation among the elderly in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Determinants of healthcare utilisation among the elderly in Malaysia
title_sort	determinants of healthcare utilisation among the elderly in malaysia
publishDate	2015
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