Farhana Aminuddin

Biographic Data

ID7748427
NAMEFarhana Aminuddin
GIVEN NAMESFarhana
FAMILY NAMEAminuddin
SIGNATUREAMINUDDIN F
AFFILIATIONSNational Institutes of Health
ORCID0000-0003-2958-5017
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS4
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR4
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • The economic toll of cancer

    Open AccessFarhana Aminuddin, Mohd Shaiful Jefri Mohd Nor Sham Kunusagaran et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    Although the public healthcare in Malaysia is highly subsidised, the lower-income households still face substantial CHE and poverty due to cancer-related OOP costs. Therefore, designing targeted policies and establishing comprehensive safety nets are essential to safeguard vulnerable households

  • Data envelopment analysis for ambulance services of different service providers in urban and rural areas in Ministry of Health Malaysia

    Open AccessNor Zam Azihan Mohd Hassan, Michael T Cahill et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2023

    The ambulance services provided in healthcare facilities in the MOH Malaysia operate at 72.1% PTE. The difference in OTE between hospitals and health clinics' ambulance services was mainly due to the operating size rather than PTE. This study will be beneficial in providing a guide to the policymakers in improving ambulance services through the readjustment of health resources and improvement in the outputs

  • The inequalities and determinants of Households’ Distress Financing on Out-off-Pocket Health expenditure in Malaysia

    Open AccessNor Zam Azihan Mohd Hassan, Mohd Shaiful Jefri Mohd Nor Sham Kunusagaran et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022

    The findings implied that the improvement of health coverage should be emphasized to curtail the prevalence of distress financing, especially among those caring for the elderly, requiring admission to hospitals, and poor socio-economic groups. This study could be of interest to policymakers to help achieve and sustain health coverage for all

  • Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of High-Risk Groups Tuberculosis Screening in Malaysia

    Open AccessNor Zam Azihan Mohd Hassan, Asmah Razali et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2021

    Screening of high-risk groups for Tuberculosis (TB) is considered as the cornerstone for TB elimination but the measure of cost-effectiveness is also crucial in deciding the strategy for TB screening. This study aims to measure the cost-effectiveness of TB screening between the various high-risk groups in Malaysia. A decision tree model was developed to assess the cost-effectiveness of TB screening among the high-risk groups from a provider persp…