Affiliations 

  • 1 K & J Consultancy, Kota Kemuning, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
  • 2 2Department of Extension Education, Faculty of Education, University Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
  • 3 School of Medicine, Taylor’s University Lakeside Campus, Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia Email : Priya.Madhavan@taylors.edu.my
Int J Public Health Res, 2017;7(1):765-773.
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Abstract

Health care systems play a vital role in providing health services and in optimising the population’s health of each nation. The Malaysian health care system primarily consists of the public and private health services. One of the prominent private health care services offered in the General Practitioner’s (GP) Clinic. Despite the prominent role GPs play in the health care system in this country, little is known about their practices, the issues and challenges faced by GPs in this country. The objective of this study was to describe the current GP practice operations in Malaysia in terms of its general operations, financial expenditure and revenue, market competitiveness and laboratory services offered by the clinics.