Unloading the excess baggage: key informant interviews with Malaysian stakeholders on healthcare disinvestment initiatives.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aims to explore the perspectives on disinvestment of low-value care and interventions in Malaysia's healthcare system, with a focus on establishing the criteria for assessing disinvestment candidates, identifying potential barriers, and proposing strategies to improve the acceptance and effective implementation of disinvestment.

Methods

Between March and May 2023, we conducted online, semistructured interviews with seventeen Malaysian healthcare stakeholders with different professional roles at various levels of governance and decision making. Participants were recruited through a mix of purposive and snowballing sampling. Interviews were transcribed verbatim and analyzed using inductive thematic approach in Atlas.ti.

Results

We identified four m

SUBMITTER: Kamaruzaman HF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12835830 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature