Transferring lessons from Singapore: an art or a science?

Singapore's two other supplemental plans are MediShield and Medifund: the former a voluntary opt-out insurance for financial protection against catastrophic illness and the latter a safety-net covering the indigent funded by government endowment. 3M funds are paid to Singapore's public and...

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Published in:The Lancet (British edition) 2013-09, Vol.382 (9896), p.930-931
Main Authors: Chen, Lincoln C, Phua, Kai Hong
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cost control
Economic development
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
Health care expenditures
Health care policy
Health insurance
Hospitals
Informal economy
Internal Medicine
Maternal & child health
Private sector
Public health
Public sector
Wage & price controls
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Summary:Singapore's two other supplemental plans are MediShield and Medifund: the former a voluntary opt-out insurance for financial protection against catastrophic illness and the latter a safety-net covering the indigent funded by government endowment. 3M funds are paid to Singapore's public and private hospitals that are structured with incentives and price control--public hospitals have different ward classes and the private sector has to compete against the subsidised public sector. Haseltine believes that Singapore has lessons for emerging countries that are planning their future health-care systems and for high-income countries seeking to enhance quality and control costs for ageing populations with non-communicable diseases.
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61921-2