HOSPITAL BILLS INCURRED BY CITIZENS
Parliament of Singapore · 16 July 2007
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HOSPITAL BILLS INCURRED BY CITIZENS
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Ms Sylvia Lim asked the Minister for Health if he can provide information on the average size of hospital bills incurred by citizens for each public hospital, segmented by
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ward and class, both before and after Government subsidies, for each of the years from 2000 to 2006.
Mr Khaw Boon Wan: Patients in public hospitals receive subsidies, ranging from 20% of cost in Class B1 to 65% in Class B2 and 80% in Class C. Class A patients are charged at cost.
The table below shows the average bill sizes after Government subsidies, by ward class from 2001 to 2006. This is the amount to be borne by the patients. Pre-subsidy costs can be computed from the table.
Table: Average Bill Size
Average Bill Size ($): |
|
Year: |
2001: |
2002: |
2003: |
2004: |
2005: |
2006: ---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---
Class A
|
AH
|
2,206
|
2,550
|
3,112
|
2,299
|
2,849
|
3,328
CGH
|
2,938
|
2,961
|
3,178
|
2,705
|
2,980
|
3,250
KKH
|
1,958
|
2,058
|
2,237
|
2,287
|
2,201
|
2,205
NUH
|
3,671
|
3,794
|
3,961
|
3,891
|
4,226
|
4,717
SGH
|
3,528
|
3,466
|
3,811
|
3,753
|
4,069
|
4,393
TTSH
|
3,837
|
3,338
|
3,609
|
4,599
|
3,914
|
3,917
Class B1
|
AH
|
1,712
|
1,827
|
1,840
|
1,872
|
1,695
|
1,901
CGH
|
2,325
|
2,409
|
2,466
|
2,125
|
2,277
|
2,665
KKH
|
1,498
|
1,520
|
1,680
|
1,698
|
1,804
|
1,930
NUH
|
2,797
|
3,145
|
3,346
|
3,298
|
3,741
|
4,066
SGH
|
2,751
|
2,946
|
3,181
|
3,175
|
3,525
|
3,950
TTSH
|
2,884
|
2,852
|
3,030
|
3,046
|
3,305
|
4,114
Class B2
|
AH
|
803
|
806
|
849
|
776
|
847
|
897
CGH
|
1,035
|
964
|
1,101
|
863
|
950
|
1,061
KKH
|
657
|
710
|
707
|
783
|
780
|
796
NUH
|
1,210
|
1,159
|
1,174
|
1,142
|
1,217
|
1,337
SGH
|
1,333
|
1,158
|
1,296
|
1,270
|
1,289
|
1,424
TTSH
|
958
|
934
|
1,127
|
1,127
|
1,145
|
1,168
Class C
|
AH
|
571
|
603
|
675
|
615
|
566
|
637
CGH
|
746
|
712
|
795
|
640
|
711
|
816
KKH
|
618
|
657
|
779
|
749
|
832
|
913
NUH
|
827
|
985
|
921
|
927
|
1,007
|
1,069
SGH
|
820
|
1,043
|
1,164
|
1,162
|
1,206
|
1,327
TTSH
|
702
|
672
|
860
|
856
|
991
|
1,092
*AH -- Alexandra Hospital, CGH -- Changi General Hospital, KKH -- Kandang Kerbau Hospital, NUH -- National University Hospital, SGH -- Singapore General Hospital, TTSH -- Tan Tock Seng Hospital
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Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 16 July 2007. Republished on SGParliament.