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Factors Affecting Quality Of Life Of Medical Assistance Recipients Of Zakat Fund In Malaysia

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dc.contributor.authorKefeli, Zen_US
dc.contributor.authorJohari, Fen_US
dc.contributor.authorAhmad, Nen_US
dc.contributor.authorDaud, SNMen_US
dc.contributor.authorZaidi, MASen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-29T02:51:01Z
dc.date.available2024-05-29T02:51:01Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractPoor people generally have difficulty in accessing good healthcare services. This can consequently lead them to have a lower quality of life. This paper investigates whether zakat medical assistance helps improve the health of the asnaf (zakat recipients) and in turn upgrade their quality of life. The crosstab analysis of 60 respondents in Penang, Kelantan and Negeri Sembilan in 2014 shows that 93.4 percent of the asnaf reported that zakat medical assistance has increased their quality of life. Meanwhile, multiple regression analysis shows that among the predictors of health, income and education, health status is the significant predictor of quality of life of the zakat recipients. These findings would be useful for policy makers, especially the State Islamic Religious Councils, in order to focus on improving the level of quality of life of the asnaf and continue to increase the allocation of medical financial assistance from zakat to the eligible asnaf. At the micro level, the medical assistance rendered would help improve both health status and quality of life. As a result, zakat has great potential to be one of the economic tools to alleviate poverty among Muslims in Malaysia.en_US
dc.identifier.epage140
dc.identifier.issn1394-7680
dc.identifier.issue1
dc.identifier.scopusWOS:000402392200006
dc.identifier.spage125
dc.identifier.urihttps://journals.iium.edu.my/enmjournal/index.php/enmj/article/view/398
dc.identifier.urihttps://oarep.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/11141
dc.identifier.volume25
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherIIUM Pressen_US
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal Of Economics Management And Accountingen_US
dc.sourceWeb Of Science (ISI)
dc.sourcetitleINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS MANAGEMENT AND ACCOUNTING
dc.subjectZakaten_US
dc.subjectHealth statusen_US
dc.subjectQuality of lifeen_US
dc.subjectMultiple regression analysisen_US
dc.titleFactors Affecting Quality Of Life Of Medical Assistance Recipients Of Zakat Fund In Malaysiaen_US
dc.title.alternativeInt. J. Econ. Manag. Account.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dspace.entity.typePublication

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