EXPENDITURE ON ARTIFICIAL REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES

Parliament of Singapore · 12 October 1993 · 8th Parliament

Official Report, 12 October 1993, Vol 61, Issue 7 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)

Kanwaljit SoinYeo Cheow Tong
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Dr Kanwaljit Soin asked the Minister for Health (a) how much was spent on artificial reproductive technologies in 1990, 1991 and 1992; (b) what is the eventual cost of one live birth; and (c) what percentage of total health spending per year is diverted to artificial reproductive technologies.

Mr Yeo Cheow Tong: (a) The expenditure on artificial reproductive technologies (ART) in 1991 and 1992 by the three public sector Centres (SGH, KKH and NUH) was: 1991 1992 $2,404,600 $2,821,000 Information for 1990 is not available.

(b) The cost per live birth produced through ART averaged 32,000.

(c) Expenditure on ART comprised approximately 0.2% of recurrent Government health expenditure. The expenditure is fully recovered, since ART services are not subsidised.

Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 12 October 1993. Republished on SGParliament.