Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Information; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Singapore Healthcare System: An Overview; High Quality, Low Cost; Helping Patients Pay; Controlling Costs; Financing; Design and Infrastructure; Investing in the Future through Medical Education and Research; Facing the Future; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover
Summary
This is the story of the Singapore healthcare system: how it works, how it is financed, its history, where it is going, and what lessons it may hold for national health systems around the world. Singapore ranks sixth in the world in healthcare outcomes, yet spends proportionally less on healthcare than any other high-income country. This is the first book to set out a comprehensive system-level description of healthcare in Singapore, with a view to understanding what can be learned from its unique system design and development path. The lessons from Singapore will be of interest to th
