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Affordable excellence : the Singapore healthcare story : how to create and manage sustainable healthcare systems / William A. Haseltine.
Van Pelt Library RA395.S59 H37 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Haseltine, William A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- National health services--Singapore.
- National health services.
- Medical care--Singapore--Cost control.
- Medical care.
- Medical policy--Singapore.
- Medical policy.
- National Health Programs.
- Cost control.
- Singapore.
- Costs and Cost Analysis.
- Delivery of Health Care.
- Health Policy.
- Medical Subjects:
- National Health Programs.
- Singapore.
- Costs and Cost Analysis.
- Delivery of Health Care.
- Health Policy.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 182 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2013]
- 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 those currently planning the future of healthcare in emerging economies, as well as those engaged in the urgent debates on healthcare in the wealthier countries faced with serious long-term challenges in healthcare financing. Policymakers, legislators, public health officials responsible for healthcare systems planning, finance and operations, as well as those working on healthcare issues in universities and think tanks, should understand how the Singapore system works to achieve affordable excellence. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780815724162
- 0815724160
- OCLC:
- 835887509
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