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Health insurance status and its determinants among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in a tertiary teaching hospital in Malaysia

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  • Essam Ali Al-Sanaani
  • Aniza Ismail
  • Mohd Rizal Abdul Manaf
  • Leny Suzana Suddin
  • Norlaila Mustafa
  • Norlela Sukor
  • Alabed Ali A Alabed
  • Ahmed Abdelmajed Alkhodary
  • Syed Mohamed Aljunid

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Introduction: Even in a country with a tax-based healthcare financing system, health insurance can play an important role, especially in the management of chronic diseases with high disease and economic burden such as Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM). The insurance coverage among T2DM patients in Malaysia is currently unclear. The aim of this study was to determine the insurance status of T2DM patients in public and private healthcare facilities in Malaysia, and the association between this status and patients’ sociodemographic and economic factors. Methods: A cross-sectional study among T2DM patients seeking inpatient or outpatient treatment at a public tertiary hospital (Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz) and a private tertiary hospital (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Specialist Centre) in Kuala Lumpur between August 2019 and March 2020. Patients were identified via convenience sampling using a self-administered questionnaire. Data collection focused on identifying insurance status as the dependent factor while the independent factors were the patients’ sociodemographic characteristics and economic factors. Results: Of 400 T2DM patients, 313 responded (response rate, 78.3%) and 76.0% were uninsured. About 69.6% of the respondents had low monthly incomes of

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  • Essam Ali Al-Sanaani & Aniza Ismail & Mohd Rizal Abdul Manaf & Leny Suzana Suddin & Norlaila Mustafa & Norlela Sukor & Alabed Ali A Alabed & Ahmed Abdelmajed Alkhodary & Syed Mohamed Aljunid, 2022. "Health insurance status and its determinants among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in a tertiary teaching hospital in Malaysia," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 17(5), pages 1-17, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0267897
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0267897
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