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5 EXTENDED EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Figure 3: Distribution of Human Resources for Health in Malaysia by Profession, 2015

Doctors,
Others, 18%
19%

Dentists,
3%
Assistant Medical Officers, Pharmacists,
6% 4%

Community Nurses,
10%

Nurses,
40%

Source: Health Informatics Centre, 2016

Figure 3 illustrates the supply of HRH by professions in Malaysia for the year 2015. As seen
above, the largest health workforces are nurses followed by doctors, assistant medical
officers, pharmacist and dentist. Additionally, for every doctor in Malaysia, there are two
(2) registered nurses (almost three (3) if community nurses are included). A significant
number of allied health professionals are working together in the health workforce,
where they make up about 19% of the total. However, in this study, the focus was mainly
to the five (5) selected afore-mentioned health care professionals. Figure 4 demonstrates
the five (5) health care professions’ growth rate over the last 15 years from 2000 – 2015.

SUPPLY AND NEEDS-BASED REQUIREMENT PROJECTIONS OF MALAYSIAN HUMAN
RESOURCES FOR HEALTH USING SYSTEM DYNAMICS APPROACH 2016 - 2030