Malaysia’s Healthcare Sector: A Rising Giant in ASEAN

 

• Malaysia operates an internationally lauded healthcare system, fueled by investments in world-class facilities and quality human resources.
• The country runs a two-tier healthcare system: a government-based universal healthcare system and a private healthcare system.
• Malaysia is aiming to become a medical tourism hub in ASEAN, with the country attracting more than one million medical tourists annually.

Malaysia has an internationally lauded healthcare system that is accessible to nearly all of the population.  The success of the country’s healthcare sector can be attributed to investments in world-class facilities resulting in both private and public hospitals providing specialist services in addition to training medical practitioners abroad.

The healthcare sector operates on a two-tier system: a government-based universal healthcare system and a highly effective private healthcare system. The sector is expected to grow to 127 billion ringgit (US$30 billion) by 2027, fueled by increasing demand for healthcare services from an ageing population, rising affluence, and increasing life expectancy.

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