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Table 6.1.1: Characteristics o
f
primary care patients in 2014
Characteristics
U
nweighted count
n
5
Weighted count n
5
Percent patients
9 5
CI Sector
Public 15,470
131,624 40.4 34.9–45.9
Private 12,117
194,194 59.6 54.1–65.1
Gender
Male 12,108
149,026 46.4 45.1–47.8
Female 15,030
171,904 53.6 52.2–54.9
Missing
a
4 4
4,
-
Age years
1 776
7,611 2.3 1.9–2.8
1–4 1,599
18,582 5.7 5.1–6.3
5–19 3,599
38,060 11.7 10.9–12.6
20–39 8,899
120,897 37.3 35.1–39.4
40–59 7,728
90,706 28.0 26.7–29.2
≥ 60 4,882
48,610 15.0 13.5–16.4
Missing
a
104 1,
3
-
Nationality
Malaysian 25,622
297,259 93.3 91.9–94.6
Non-Malaysian 1,424
21,487 6.7 5.4–8.1
Missing
a
4
7,073 -
Ethnicity
Malay 16,428
188,777 62.6 59.0–66.2
Chinese 5,234
63,959 21.2 18.2–24.2
Indian 2,673
32,551 10.8 9.1–12.5
Others
b
1,634 16,367
5.4 3.8–7.0 Missing
a
1,
6
24,
6 4
-
Mod
e
payment
Government subsidies 15,473
131,653 43.0 37.3–48.6
Out of pocket 7,005
104,435 34.1 30.4–37.7
Third party payer 3,903
68,332 22.3 19.3–25.3
Combinations
c
53 1,007
0.3 0.2–0.4 Others
d
61 1,035
0.3 0.2–0.5 Missing
a
1,
1 3 6
-
Typ
e
income
No income 9,466
96,344 36.0 33.3–38.7
Income 11,846
155,607 58.1 55.3–61.0
Pension 1,333
14,110 5.3 4.5–6.1
Parental income
e
142 1,581
0.6 0.3–0.8 Missing
a
4,
0 0 1
6
-
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Table 6.1.1 continued: Characteristics primary care patients in 2014
Characteristics nweighted
count n
+, . +2
Weighted count n
7 .,
: 2
Percent
;
patients
.
CI Monthly income MYR
f
400 398
3,657 2.3 1.6–2.9
400–499 139
1,351 0.8 0.6–1.1
500–699 539
5,364 3.3 2.6–4.1
700–999 1,519
18,198 11.3 9.7–12.9
1,000–1,999 4,298
51,678 32.1 29.2–35.0
2,000–2,999 2,643
37,155 23.1 21.4–24.7
3,000–3,999 1,596
22,948 14.3 13.2–15.3
4,000–4,999 557
9,477 5.9 4.2–7.6
≥ 5,000 728
11,180 6.9 5.9–8.0
Missing
a
A B C D E A F G
-
Education level
No formal education 2,756
28,109 11.0 9.7–12.2
Primary 4,855
53,200 20.8 19.5–22.1
Secondary 10,264
119,959 46.9 45.1–48.6
Tertiary 3,962
54,601 21.3 19.2–23.5
Missing
a
H E A
H F
B GE G I
G
-
Issuan
c J ;
medical certi icate
Yes 5,224
77,884 31.2 28.6–33.7
Public 1,636
12,972 5.2 3.9–6.5
Private 3,588
64,912 26.0 22.7–29.3
No 15,397
171,917 68.8 66.3–71.4
Missing
a
BE G B B A BE
017 -
Duration
;
sick leave days
g
0.5–1 3,978
59,532 79.9 76.1–83.6
1.5–2 840
12,622 16.9 13.9–20.0
3–7 140
2,138 2.9 1.8–3.9
7 14
245 0.3 0.0–0.7
Missing
a
C H
C
3,347 -
a
Missing data excluded from analysis
b
Include all ethnic groups that do not fall into the three groups listed
c
Combination of two or more modes of payment
d
Includes Foreign Workers Medical Examination Monitoring Agency FOMEMA, Social Security Organisation SOCSO and no payment
e
Patients below age 15 with income recorded
f
Patients with missing income, patients who reported no income and patients below age 15 were excluded
g
Encounters with missing sick leave entry or without sick leave were excluded
•
• •
•
≥
53
2.3 0.8
3.3 11.3
32.1 23.1
14.3 5.9
≥ 6.9
11.0 20.8
46.9 21.3
31.2 5.2
26.0 68.8
79.9 16.9
2.9 0.3