{"id":1512,"date":"2021-06-01T21:27:54","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T13:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/jem\/?post_type=article&p=1512"},"modified":"2021-09-09T12:31:55","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T04:31:55","slug":"an-economic-analysis-of-regional-demand-for-hospital-care-a-case-study-of-public-hospitals-of-malaysia","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/jem\/article\/an-economic-analysis-of-regional-demand-for-hospital-care-a-case-study-of-public-hospitals-of-malaysia\/","title":{"rendered":"An Economic Analysis of Regional Demand for Hospital Care: A Case Study of Public Hospitals of Malaysia"},"content":{"rendered":"

This paper attempts to examine the demand for health services and to determine the effect of variables included in the demand functions. The study also analyses the interstate differences in providing public health care facilities such as hospital beds. Cross-sectional data for 1984 and 1989 have been used. Mathematical equations to measure the responsiveness of bed availability and to demonstrate the linear relationship of bed availability and beds used and admissions have been estimated. There exists a functional relationship between number of beds available and number of beds used. States with high number of beds available per 1000 population tend to have higher number of beds used but lower percentage of utilization. The bed availability is found to be responsive to the number of admissions and beds used. A criterion for the supply of hospital care facilities is also suggested.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","tags":[],"jel-code":[],"article-type":[1329],"class_list":["entry","author-jem","post-1512","article","type-article","status-publish","article-type-normal-article"],"yoast_head":"\nAn Economic Analysis of Regional Demand for Hospital Care: A Case Study of Public Hospitals of Malaysia | Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/jem\/article\/an-economic-analysis-of-regional-demand-for-hospital-care-a-case-study-of-public-hospitals-of-malaysia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"An Economic Analysis of Regional Demand for Hospital Care: A Case Study of Public Hospitals of Malaysia | Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This paper attempts to examine the demand for health services and to determine the effect of variables included in the demand functions. The study also analyses the interstate differences in providing public health care facilities such as hospital beds. Cross-sectional data for 1984 and 1989 have been used. Mathematical equationsContinue Reading\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/jem\/article\/an-economic-analysis-of-regional-demand-for-hospital-care-a-case-study-of-public-hospitals-of-malaysia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Jurnal-Ekonomi-Malaysia-JEM-104142808087485\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-09-09T04:31:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@EkonomiJurnal\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ukm.my\\\/jem\\\/article\\\/an-economic-analysis-of-regional-demand-for-hospital-care-a-case-study-of-public-hospitals-of-malaysia\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ukm.my\\\/jem\\\/article\\\/an-economic-analysis-of-regional-demand-for-hospital-care-a-case-study-of-public-hospitals-of-malaysia\\\/\",\"name\":\"An Economic Analysis of Regional Demand for Hospital Care: A Case Study of Public Hospitals of Malaysia | Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ukm.my\\\/jem\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-06-01T13:27:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-09-09T04:31:55+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ukm.my\\\/jem\\\/article\\\/an-economic-analysis-of-regional-demand-for-hospital-care-a-case-study-of-public-hospitals-of-malaysia\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ukm.my\\\/jem\\\/article\\\/an-economic-analysis-of-regional-demand-for-hospital-care-a-case-study-of-public-hospitals-of-malaysia\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ukm.my\\\/jem\\\/article\\\/an-economic-analysis-of-regional-demand-for-hospital-care-a-case-study-of-public-hospitals-of-malaysia\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ukm.my\\\/jem\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Articles\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ukm.my\\\/jem\\\/article\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"An Economic Analysis of Regional Demand for Hospital Care: A Case Study of Public Hospitals of Malaysia\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ukm.my\\\/jem\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ukm.my\\\/jem\\\/\",\"name\":\"Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia\",\"description\":\"Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ukm.my\\\/jem\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ukm.my\\\/jem\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ukm.my\\\/jem\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ukm.my\\\/jem\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ukm.my\\\/jem\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ukm.my\\\/jem\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/cropped-browser-icon-letter-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ukm.my\\\/jem\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/cropped-browser-icon-letter-1.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":308,\"caption\":\"Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ukm.my\\\/jem\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/Jurnal-Ekonomi-Malaysia-JEM-104142808087485\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/EkonomiJurnal\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"An Economic Analysis of Regional Demand for Hospital Care: A Case Study of Public Hospitals of Malaysia | Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/jem\/article\/an-economic-analysis-of-regional-demand-for-hospital-care-a-case-study-of-public-hospitals-of-malaysia\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"An Economic Analysis of Regional Demand for Hospital Care: A Case Study of Public Hospitals of Malaysia | Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia","og_description":"This paper attempts to examine the demand for health services and to determine the effect of variables included in the demand functions. The study also analyses the interstate differences in providing public health care facilities such as hospital beds. Cross-sectional data for 1984 and 1989 have been used. Mathematical equationsContinue Reading","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/jem\/article\/an-economic-analysis-of-regional-demand-for-hospital-care-a-case-study-of-public-hospitals-of-malaysia\/","og_site_name":"Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Jurnal-Ekonomi-Malaysia-JEM-104142808087485","article_modified_time":"2021-09-09T04:31:55+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@EkonomiJurnal","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/jem\/article\/an-economic-analysis-of-regional-demand-for-hospital-care-a-case-study-of-public-hospitals-of-malaysia\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/jem\/article\/an-economic-analysis-of-regional-demand-for-hospital-care-a-case-study-of-public-hospitals-of-malaysia\/","name":"An Economic Analysis of Regional Demand for Hospital Care: A Case Study of Public Hospitals of Malaysia | Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/jem\/#website"},"datePublished":"2021-06-01T13:27:54+00:00","dateModified":"2021-09-09T04:31:55+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/jem\/article\/an-economic-analysis-of-regional-demand-for-hospital-care-a-case-study-of-public-hospitals-of-malaysia\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/jem\/article\/an-economic-analysis-of-regional-demand-for-hospital-care-a-case-study-of-public-hospitals-of-malaysia\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/jem\/article\/an-economic-analysis-of-regional-demand-for-hospital-care-a-case-study-of-public-hospitals-of-malaysia\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/jem\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Articles","item":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/jem\/article\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"An Economic Analysis of Regional Demand for Hospital Care: A Case Study of Public Hospitals of Malaysia"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/jem\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/jem\/","name":"Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia","description":"Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/jem\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/jem\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/jem\/#organization","name":"Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia","url":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/jem\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/jem\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/jem\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/cropped-browser-icon-letter-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/jem\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/cropped-browser-icon-letter-1.png","width":512,"height":308,"caption":"Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/jem\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Jurnal-Ekonomi-Malaysia-JEM-104142808087485","https:\/\/x.com\/EkonomiJurnal"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/jem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/1512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/jem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/jem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/jem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/1512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6465,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/jem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/1512\/revisions\/6465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/jem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/jem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1512"},{"taxonomy":"jel-code","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/jem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jel-code?post=1512"},{"taxonomy":"article-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/jem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article-type?post=1512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}