KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia must address its high rate of out-of-pocket payments for private healthcare services to prevent negative financial consequences to patients.
Such payments occur when patients go to private healthcare facilities and use their own savings to fund treatment , instead of some form of medical insurance.
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