Affordable Excellence:
The Singapore Healthcare Story
How to Create and Manage Sustainable Healthcare Systems
William A. Haseltine
Ridge Books
Singapore
Brookings Institution Press
Washington, D.C.
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William A. Haseltine
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Contents
Chapter 1 The Singapore Healthcare System: An Overview
Chapter 2 High Quality, Low Cost
Chapter 3 Helping Patients Pay
Chapter 6 Design and Infrastructure
Chapter 7 Investing in the Future through Medical Education and Research
List of Illustrations
Tables
Chapter 2
Table 2.1 Health Indicators, Singapore
Table 2.2 Life Expectancy at Birth (years)
Table 2.3 Infant Mortality Rate (probability of dying by age 1 per 1,000 live births)
Table 2.4 Under-Five Mortality Rate (probability of dying by age 5 per 1,000 live births)
Table 2.5 Adult Mortality Rate (probability of dying between 15 and 60 years per 1,000 population)
Table 2.7 Healthcare Costs, Singapore
Table 2.8 Expenditures, 2000 and 2008
Table 2.8a Expenditures, 2000 and 2008
Chapter 3
Table 3.1 CPF Contribution and Allocation Rates for the Various Types of Employees
