COST OF TREATING SUBSIDISED PATIENTS IN PUBLIC HOSPITALS
Parliament of Singapore · 27 August 2007
Official Report, 27 August 2007, Vol 83, Issue 9 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)
COST OF TREATING SUBSIDISED PATIENTS IN PUBLIC HOSPITALS
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Ms Sylvia Lim asked the Minister for Health for each of the years from 2000 to 2006 (a) what is the annual cost incurred by each public hospital to treat subsidised patients, segmented by ward class; and (b) what is the annual amount of subsidies
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provided by the Government for subsidised patients at each public hospital, segmented by ward class.
Mr Khaw Boon Wan: From FY01 to FY06, the cost of treating subsidised patients in our public hospitals increased from $1.45 billion to $1.96 billion. The corresponding total Government subsidy grew from $0.90 billion to $1.27 billion over the same period.
Public hospitals provide a wide range of subsidised services, from Class C to Class B1 in wards, and from Emergency Department to Specialist Outpatient Clinics at the outpatient level. Providing the detailed breakdown as requested will require many statistical tables, resulting in a huge amount of figures which may not illuminate.
As an illustration, the tables below provide the requested details for one public hospital:
Table 1: Cost of Treating Subsidised Inpatients in **: Tan **
Tock **: Seng **
Hospital **: (TTSH) **
** ($'million) **
|
FY01
|
FY02
|
FY03
|
FY04
|
FY05
|
FY06
---|---|---|---|---|---|---
Class B1
|
13.3
|
17.8
|
12.0
|
17.3
|
17.9
|
22.1
Class B2
|
43.0
|
56.5
|
45.6
|
63.3
|
72.6
|
79.8
Class C
|
74.4
|
84.2
|
95.4
|
114.8
|
124.4
|
127.8
** Table 2: Subsidies to Subsidised Inpatients in TTSH ($'million) **
|
FY01
|
FY02
|
FY03
|
FY04
|
FY05
|
FY06
---|---|---|---|---|---|---
Class B1
|
3.0
|
4.3
|
2.3
|
3.9
|
4.2
|
4.5
Class B2
|
30.0
|
39.9
|
28.1
|
43.0
|
49.5
|
51.4
Class C
|
63.9
|
73.3
|
69.5
|
96.3
|
103.4
|
104.4
** Table 3: Cost of Treating Subsidised Outpatients in TTSH ($'million) **
|
FY01
|
FY02
|
FY03
|
FY04
|
FY05
|
FY06
---|---|---|---|---|---|---
Day Surgery
|
13.2
|
17.7
|
17.9
|
24.2
|
20.3
|
22.6
SOC
|
35.6
|
41.2
|
42.6
|
54.7
|
63.7
|
70.9
Emergency Department
|
15.9
|
17.0
|
17.1
|
19.0
|
20.9
|
21.7
** Table 4: Subsidies to Subsidised Outpatients in TTSH ($'million) **
|
FY01
|
FY02
|
FY03
|
FY04
|
FY05
|
FY06
---|---|---|---|---|---|---
Day Surgery
|
9.4
|
12.4
|
11.3
|
16.3
|
13.8
|
15.5
SOC
|
20.0
|
24.7
|
24.7
|
34.2
|
37.6
|
41.2
Emergency Department
|
8.8
|
9.4
|
8.9
|
10.9
|
12.0
|
12.8
The Ministry will provide further statistics if necessary.
Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 27 August 2007. Republished on SGParliament.