"Assoc Prof Phua noted that the design of the Republic’s 3M system — Medisave, MediShield and Medifund — incentivises Singaporeans to be hospitalised. In March, former Member of Parliament and Presidential hopeful Tan Cheng Bock had argued on his blog that there is too much emphasis on hospital institution care. “Look at our health budget and you will notice the imbalance in funding primary health compared to hospitals .Currently the MOH subsidises 80 per cent of hospital stay in the public hospitals,” Dr Tan, who used to run his own clinic, wrote. He had urged MOH to “pay equal attention” on community health care. According to MOH website, last year, the average length of stay in the public acute care hospitals was about 5.8 days while the average occupancy rate was around 85 per cent." Interesting. And valid, more could be spent on primary care.
Posted on: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 00:14:51 +0000
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