Comparative performance of public and private primary care service delivery in Malaysia: An analysis of findings from QUALICOPC.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Primary care services are essential in achieving universal health coverage and Malaysia is looking into public-private partnership to overcome resource constraints. The study aims to compare the performance of primary care service delivery dimensions between public and private sector.

Methods

This cross-sectional study used the data from the Malaysian International Quality and Costs of Primary Care (QUALICOPC) study conducted in 2015-2016. The relative performance of each sector in four dimensions was compared using multi-level linear regression by incorporating a dummy variable indicating public sector in the model.

Results

The public sector was shown to have higher performance in comprehensiveness and coordination, while the private sector was better in

SUBMITTER: Ong SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9586414 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature