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Healthcare Industry in Malaysia Aini Aman

Healthcare industry is growing rapidly and is expected to boom in response to the increasing demand due to the country's ageing population and rising affluence and willingness to spend on high quality healthcare ecosystem. The private sector component of the country's healthcare industry has expanded to complement the public healthcare network under the Ministry of Health, Malaysia. Private healthcare small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are expected to benefit from these market initiatives. In addition, private SME service providers in the medical healthcare sector and small contractors will have the opportunities to participate in the industry with the expanding market. The main objective of this book is to present the understanding on SMEs in Malaysia healthcare industry system and major linkages that has developed and assess the investment opportunities of the various stakeholders. Specifically, this book presents the followings: overview of healthcare industry in Malaysia, key success factors of SMEs, related policies, regulatory and institutional support, and new investment opportunities and growth areas that would complement the industry development.