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Singapore's Health Care System: What 50 Years Have Achieved

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Singapore's healthcare transformation over five decades.

If healthcare policy and evolution fascinate you, this book will be an insightful read. Discover how a city-state, renowned globally for efficiency, masterfully overhauled its healthcare system from humble beginnings to an enviable international standard. Get a behind-the-scenes look at the meticulous planning, the role of leadership, and the continuous learning that shaped Singapore's healthcare into what it is today—an inspiring story for anyone interested in public health or policy.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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Singapore's Health Care System: What 50 Years Have Achieved

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ISBN: 9789814696050
Related Collections: Personal Development, History, Politics
Related Topics: Sociology, Leadership, Politics

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How did Singapore's health care system transform itself into one of the best in the world? It not only provides easy access, but its standards of health care, not only in curative medicine but also in prevention, are exemplary. Fifty years ago, the infant mortality rate (IMR) was 26 per thousand live births; today the IMR is 2. Life expectancy was 64 years then; today, it is 83. The Singapore Medicine brand is trusted internationally, and patients are drawn to Singapore from all over the world. And while many countries struggle to finance their health care, Singapore has developed a health care financing framework that makes health care affordable for its people and gives sustainability to the health care system. Reliability is provided by a professional workforce that seeks to continually learn, improve and become ever more proficient with cutting edge technology while emphasizing the relational aspects of health care by nurturing compassion and maintaining high standards of integrity. Convenience and safety are enhanced by a unifying IT system that enables the portability of medical records across health care institutions. All these have been achieved not by chance but by careful planning, strong leadership and dedicated people who are prepared to learn from Singapore's own experience while adapting best practices from around the world. But the system is not without challenges - not least those of an aging population, and an increasing market influence. This book provides a fascinating insight into the development of Singapore's
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Singapore's healthcare transformation over five decades.

If healthcare policy and evolution fascinate you, this book will be an insightful read. Discover how a city-state, renowned globally for efficiency, masterfully overhauled its healthcare system from humble beginnings to an enviable international standard. Get a behind-the-scenes look at the meticulous planning, the role of leadership, and the continuous learning that shaped Singapore's healthcare into what it is today—an inspiring story for anyone interested in public health or policy.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.