title: Public Health Services for Foreign Workers in Malaysia.
abstract: The objective of this study was to know the status of the foreign workers' access to public health services in Malaysia based on their utilization pattern. The utilization pattern covered a number of areas, such as frequency of using health services, status of using health services, choice and types of health institutions, and cost of health treatment. The study was conducted on six government hospitals in the Klang Valley area in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Data were collected from 600 foreign patients working in the country, using an interview method with a structured questionnaire. The results showed that the foreign workers' access to public health services was very low. The findings would be an important guideline to formulate an effective health service policy for the foreign workers in Malaysia.
authors.affiliation: a Faculty of Applied Social Sciences , University of Sultan Zainal Abidin , Kuala Terengganu , Malaysia.
authors.forename: Normah Awang
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Noh
authors.affiliation: b Department of Social Administration & Justice, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences , University of Malaya , Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia.
authors.forename: Haris Abd
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Wahab
authors.affiliation: b Department of Social Administration & Justice, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences , University of Malaya , Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia.
authors.forename: Siti Hajar Abu
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Bakar Ah
authors.affiliation: b Department of Social Administration & Justice, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences , University of Malaya , Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia.|c Institute of Social Welfare & Research, University of Dhaka , Dhaka , Bangladesh.
authors.forename: M Rezaul
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Islam
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006296:Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006779:Hospitals, Public; D006801:Humans; D008296:Malaysia; D008297:Male; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Foreign workers; Malaysia; accessibility; public health services; social exclusion