Not easy to bundle all procedures


I REFER to the article “Healing Malaysia’s healthcare system” (Sunday Star, Dec 11), much thought needs to be given by the relevant panel to the bundling of medical procedures.

Some medical procedures can be easily bundled whereas others can’t. “Episodes of care” may be very different even if the disease is the same.

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