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Snapshot on Malaysia

Snapshot on Malaysia

Snapshot on Malaysia

Population : ~ 26 Million

Life Expectancy : 71 (male)

: 75 (female)

Urban population : ~50% (70% by 2025)

GDP : RM 495,239 Million

: USD 141,500 Million

Healthcare spending :~ 3-4% of GDP

Doctors / 10 000 population : 7

Broadband penetration : 20%

Mobile phone penetration : 70%

Malaysia Economics

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Healthcare is a relatively small market in Malaysia and expected to grow incrementally moving ahead. Malaysia’s economic growth is expected to be moderate around 5%. Its healthcare spending has hovered around 3-4% of GDP or ~$4B annually. UN WHO data indicates that the average per capita healthcare expenditure in 2003 was $163 and is growing at a CAGR of about 10%.

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Notes: Malaysia GDP for 2005 was US$121B. Spending data after 2003 is not available.

Malaysia GDP Growth Malaysia Healthcare Spending

Malaysia Healthcare Infrastructure

Source: Ministry of Health, Malaysia; IDC Analysis;

Hospital source (2005)

– Public 128 hospitals, 35,210 beds

(average 275 beds/hospital)

– Private 226 hospitals, ~13000 beds

(48 beds/ hospital)

Number of doctors– 18,191 doctors (2003)

– 1,934 rural government clinics (2003)

Hospital Distribution (Public vs. Private)

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Hospital Beds Distribution (Public vs. Private)

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Malaysia has at least one government hospital in every major town and city. The rural area is covered by small government clinics. The people travel to the town or city if they need more complicated healthcare. The private sector has many small hospitals mainly in the urban areas.

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Primary Care•MOH – ~3000 clinics (~860 Health Clinic, ~1800 Rural Clinic, ~100 MCC, ~160 Mobile Clinic)•Private – ~6000 Clinics

Payer•Employer Sponsored Scheme•Self Insured•HMOs•Government•Out of pocket

Patient•Total 26M of Malaysian population

Who’s who in healthcare sector

Malaysia Healthcare Industry Development

There is persistent shortage of medical personnel in the public hospitals due to migration to private practice and the failure of physicians educated overseas to return to Malaysia following their training.

Malaysia lags behind developed countries in its healthcare services coverage. Although it built 22 new hospitals in the last 5 years, coverage in the rural areas is still inconsistent.

Reemerging contagious diseases like tuberculosis, dengue, etc, continues to be top of agenda for the MOH, not to mention the new threats of SARS and Bird Flu.

The aged population will grow to 10% of population by 2010 due to slowing birth rates and longer life expectancy.

Imbalance of distribution of resources among rural and urban areas. And between private and public facilities

Demand for healthcare will continue to increase especially for specialized healthcare for elderly, cancer and fertility

As rural becomes urban, the government will continue its hospital building/upgrading plans

Technology is expected to help improve efficiency, reduce cost and enhance hospital services

Demand for health monitoring, disease tracking and crisis handling solutions

Malaysia Healthcare Initiative

From 2000-2005 it has built 22 new hospitals and expanded its rural/mobile clinics to enhance healthcare coverage and services.

Implemented Hospital Information System in 13 government hospitals.

Implemented primary care system in 52 primary care clinics and 2 hospitals (as a hub)

Implemented various back end system on health regulatory management. Food Quality System, Drug Registration, Drug approval & Notification of infectious disease.

Source: Various news reports; Ninth Malaysia Plan 2006-2010;;

Malaysia Healthcare Initiative

In the 9th Malaysian Plan 2006-2010, the government has announced a further RM1.5B plan to build new and upgrade IT facilities – To implement Hospital Information System in more government hospitals– Upgrading of population health surveillance, water and pollution

monitoring and establishment of national registry for communicable diseases through IT.

– To extend the primary care system to all clinic under government

Understudy on healthcare financing model is on going, with assistance

Understudy on EHR / PHR is on going. The plan is to connect all wired hospital to a central repository of Lifetime Health Record.

Various HIS projects within private hospitals. The area of interest are mainly patient administration system, financial, HR and inventory

Malaysia Healthcare IT Spending

Source: IDC Blackbook Aug 2005

Malaysia’s healthcare IT spending is relatively small; smaller than Singapore in total spend. Almost 80% of spend is on hardware. This proportion will shift towards software in the future, as Malaysia moves towards more complex, clinical, applications as part of the 8th Malaysian Plan.

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Health Informatics Activities in Malaysia

Participant in health Informatics

– Malaysia Health Informatics Association (formed in 1999)

– HL7 formation committee (formed in 2005)

– SIRIM (Standard And Industrial Research Institute Malaysia). Malaysia ISO equivalent.

Conferences and meeting.

– Various seminars and meeting organized by MHIA, government and private sector.

– HL7 seminar in 2005 (attended by 50 attendees)

– HL7 tutorial in 2006 (attended by 300 attendees)

HL7 affiliate status

– Outcome of seminars and tutorial led to temporary HL7 committee

– Petition submitted to HL7.

– Submitted registration of HL7 body to Malaysia Registrar of Society.