Health payment measures | Basis of derivation from the survey |
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Direct taxes | Represented by expenditure on income tax. |
Indirect taxes | Estimated expenditure on sales taxes. Sales taxes estimated from household expenditure (on rates ranging from 5% to 15% depending on the types of goods). |
Contributions to EPF and SOCSO | Represented by the summation of employee's and employer's contributions to EPF, SOCSO and others. |
Private insurance premiums | Reported expenditure on accident and health insurance premiums. |
Out-of-pocket payments | Reported expenditure on pharmaceutical products, therapeutic appliances and equipments, medical and dental services, and hospital services and treatments. |