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Health Expenditure among Felda Community: An Empirical Study in Felda
Kemahang, Kelantan
Nur Shafika Binti Che Hassan
Supervisor: Madam Roshanim Binti Koris
Bachelor of Economics (Natural Resources)
School Of Social and Economic Development
Increased illness will lead to increase health expenditure. The purpose of this study is
to identify factors that can affect health expenditure for the FELDA Kemahang
community. The data used were primary data where about 138 respondents were
randomly selected and the instrument was a set questionnaire. Descriptive analysis
and multiple linear regression were performed using the SPSS software. The results
showed that total direct medical costs spent RM157.67 and the total indirect cost was
RM175.77. Overall, the highest cost of disease in this study was stroke with a cost of
RM95.00 and the frequent patient-visited facility was a government clinic with a
percentage of 23.9%. The FELDA community in the inland area is less expose to the
importance of healthcare. The involvement of the government is also needed by
organizing programs that can provide information to the importance of maintaining
health. With that, the FELDA community in the inland area will be more sensitive to
the importance of healthcare as well as adopting a healthy lifestyle.
Keywords: FELDA, Community, Direct Costs of Medicine, Indirect Costs and Multiper
Linear.
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