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H E A L T H C A R E D E M A N D V O L U M E III

2.2.5.3 Traditional or Complementary Medicine Facility

Only a very small proportion of population preferred to seek oral healthcare at
traditional/complementary medicine facility for oral health problems in the last 12
months (0.1%; 95% CI, 0.1 - 0.2).

2.2.5.4 Not Going to Any Facilities
A very small proportion of population preferred not to seek oral healthcare from any
facilities for oral health problems in the last 12 months (1.4%; 95% CI, 1.1 – 1.8).

2.2.6 For Birth Delivery

In general, 78.1% (95% CI, 76.5 - 79.6) of the population preferred government facilities as
compared to 20.5% (95% CI, 19.0 - 22.1) who preferred private facilities. Less than 1% of the
population chose not to go to any facility and to traditional/ complementary/ alternative
facility (Table 2.9).

Kelantan (94.6%; 95% CI, 91.8 - 96.5), Kedah and Terengganu were among the states with the
highest percentage of population who preferred government facilities for birth delivery.
Meanwhile, those in Pulau Pinang (40.8%; 95% CI, 31.0 - 51.3), WP Kuala Lumpur and Selangor
preferred private facilities.
Government facilities were the preferred choice for those residing in rural area (90.8%; 95%
CI, 88.7 - 92.6); among the Malaysians (79.4%; 95% CI, 77.8 - 80.9); widow/ widower/ divorcee
(84.7%; 95% CI, 81.7 - 87.2) as well as those who were unemployed (87.8%; 95% CI, 85.8 -
89.5). Those staying in urban area (24.9; 95% CI, 23.0 - 26.9) and the Chinese (42.4%; 95% CI,
39.1 - 45.7) chose private facilities.

Government facilities were the preferred choice for male and female, all age groups and
marital status. Shift of trend favouring private facilities was seen as education level and
household income increases.

2.3 PERCEIVED COST FOR GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE HEALTHCARE

In this section, respondents were required to state their perceived cost for healthcare (per visit) to
both government and private facilities given six different health conditions. Response rates varied in
this section (53.7- 99.7%) with particularly low response rate for the perceived cost for major
surgery.
Generally, the younger adult population and those with higher income perceived higher healthcare
cost in government for all the six health conditions. Meanwhile, those living in urban area perceived
higher healthcare cost in private as compared to government facilities. In addition to that, the
perceived cost for birth delivery was perceived to be 13 times more in private as compared to
government facilities (comparing the mean) (Table 2.10).

STRY OF HEALTH MALAYSIA
NATIONAL HEALTH AND MORBIDITY SURVEY 2015 48 MINI