Total Cost of Providing Long-term Care in Singapore in Latest Available Financial Year

Debated in Parliament on 5 Mar 2019.

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Louis Ng Kok Kwang asked for the total cost of providing long-term care in Singapore in the latest financial year and the breakdown of how this cost is shared among individuals, the government, insurance, and charities.
The Minister for Health stated that full 2017/18 data would be available later in 2019 due to the extensive data compilation process.
Based on 2016 data, total national health expenditure on long-term care was about $1.3 billion, with two-thirds borne by the government and one-third by private financing sources.
The minister noted that further breakdown among individuals, insurance, and charities could not be provided due to data constraints.
The response focused on formal and informal care-giving, indicating that the data covers both types of long-term care services.

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Louis Ng Kok Kwang

Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang asked the Minister for Health (a) what is the total cost of providing long-term care in Singapore in FY2017/18 or the latest year available including nursing homes, daycare centres and formal homecare services; and (b) what percentage of this cost has been borne by (i) individuals (ii) the Government (iii) insurance (ElderShield) and (iv) charities respectively.

Gan Kim Yong

The 2017 data will only be available later in 2019, as the data collection and compilation process spans across many government and non-government data sources.

Based on the latest available data in 2016, Singapore's National Health Expenditure on long-term care, including both formal care and informal care-giving, was about $1.3 billion. About two-thirds of this was borne by the Government, and the remaining one-third was paid by private financing sources, which include insurance, charities and individual out-of-pocket payments. Due to constraints in the data, we are unable to provide further breakdown of these sources.

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Louis Ng Kok Kwang asked for the total cost of providing long-term care in Singapore in the latest financial year and the breakdown of how this cost is shared among individuals, the government, insurance, and charities.
The Minister for Health stated that full 2017/18 data would be available later in 2019 due to the extensive data compilation process.
Based on 2016 data, total national health expenditure on long-term care was about $1.3 billion, with two-thirds borne by the government and one-third by private financing sources.
The minister noted that further breakdown among individuals, insurance, and charities could not be provided due to data constraints.
The response focused on formal and informal care-giving, indicating that the data covers both types of long-term care services.

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Total Cost of Providing Long-term Care in Singapore in Latest Available Financial Year

Debated in Parliament on 5 Mar 2019.

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Louis Ng Kok Kwang asked for the total cost of providing long-term care in Singapore in the latest financial year and the breakdown of how this cost is shared among individuals, the government, insurance, and charities.
The Minister for Health stated that full 2017/18 data would be available later in 2019 due to the extensive data compilation process.
Based on 2016 data, total national health expenditure on long-term care was about $1.3 billion, with two-thirds borne by the government and one-third by private financing sources.
The minister noted that further breakdown among individuals, insurance, and charities could not be provided due to data constraints.
The response focused on formal and informal care-giving, indicating that the data covers both types of long-term care services.

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Louis Ng Kok Kwang

Gan Kim Yong

The 2017 data will only be available later in 2019, as the data collection and compilation process spans across many government and non-government data sources.

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Louis Ng Kok Kwang asked for the total cost of providing long-term care in Singapore in the latest financial year and the breakdown of how this cost is shared among individuals, the government, insurance, and charities.
The Minister for Health stated that full 2017/18 data would be available later in 2019 due to the extensive data compilation process.
Based on 2016 data, total national health expenditure on long-term care was about $1.3 billion, with two-thirds borne by the government and one-third by private financing sources.
The minister noted that further breakdown among individuals, insurance, and charities could not be provided due to data constraints.
The response focused on formal and informal care-giving, indicating that the data covers both types of long-term care services.

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