Stakeholders' perspectives on disinvestment of low-value healthcare interventions and practices in Malaysia: an online survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Healthcare disinvestment requires multi-level decision-making, and early stakeholder engagement is essential to facilitate implementation and acceptance. This study aimed to explore the perceptions of Malaysian healthcare stakeholders to disinvestment initiatives as well as identify disinvestment activities in the country.

Methods

A cross-sectional online survey was conducted from February to March 2023 among Malaysian healthcare stakeholders involved in resource allocation and decision-making at various levels of governance. Response frequencies were analyzed descriptively and cross-tabulation was performed for specific questions to compare the responses of different groups of stakeholders. For free-text replies, content analysis was used with each verbatim respo

SUBMITTER: Kamaruzaman HF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11579699 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature