Gatekeepers in the health financing scheme: Assessment of knowledge, attitude, practices, and participation of Malaysian private general practitioners in the PeKa B40 scheme.

ABSTRACT: This is cross-sectional research done to assess the readiness of the private Malaysian general practitioners (GPs) for the implementation of the national health financing scheme. The study focused on their levels of knowledge and attitudes towards the types of health financing scheme, gatekeeper roles in the health financing scheme, and their participation in the PeKa B40 scheme. Their acceptance and level of participation in the national health financing scheme (NHFS) were also assessed. A set of self-designed and pre-tested questionnaires focusing on the aforementioned objectives were mailed to the respondents. The selection of respondents was done by stratified random sampling of the GPs in all 14 Malaysian states at both urban and rural levels. Out of a calculated number of 362 GPs tar

SUBMITTER: Jamal MH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10581488 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature