Health care system in singapore

Under the responsibility of the singapore governments

ministry of health.
Has an efficient and widespread system of healthcare.
They ranked as 6
th
in the WHO in the year 2000.
2
nd
most efficient in the world after hongkong
Has a non-modified universal
healthcare system,
Govt ensures affordability of healthcare
within the public health system.
Largely through a system of compulsory
savings from payroll deductions to
provide subsidies within nationalized
health insurance plan known as
MEDISAVE.
They have substantial saving in this
scheme.

Key principle
no medical service is provided free of
charge, regardless of the level of
subsidy, even within the public
healthcare system.
This mechanism is intended to
reduce the overutilization of
healthcare services.

Approximately 70-80% obtain their care within
the public health system.
They have the lowest infant mortality rate in the
world (equaled only by iceland) and among the
highest life expectancies from birth, according to
the WHO.
one of the most successful healthcare system in
the world, in term of efficiency in financing and
results achieved in community health outcomes.
They have specific features of the singapore
healthcare system are unique, and have been
described as a very difficult system to
replicate in many other countries.
The citizens also have supplemental private
health insurance for services not covered by the
governments programs.
This are often provided by employers