How good is Singapore healthcare as compared to Australia?
Singaporean system adopts a system where each person is
responsible for his/her own medical bills, leaving folks who have
used up their savings and medisave to their own devices. If you
don't have the the necessary finances to pay for you medication,
most likely you will be given inferior medication which does not
cure your illness.
Australian system adopts a higher level of taxation (bear in
mind that the wages of Australians are also at least 3 times higher
than Singapore, despite the high taxes of Australia, the after
tax disposable income is still much higher than Singapore),
where no patient is neglect, even if you are penniless, you can
still obtain the necessary medical services accorded to you by the
government.
Link to disposable income after taxation in
Australia and Singapore.
The mortality rates for patients above 45 years old (both sexes)
is higher for Singapore than Australia, it could be the result of
Singapore patients inability to afford medical services. The doctor
to 100,000 population in Australia is 247, while in Singapore it's
140. Typically having more doctors in Australia (247) per 100,000
population will result in shorter waiting time, while Singapore's
140 doctors will result in longer waiting time for patients. But in
reality it's Australia having a longer waiting time when compared
to Singapore.
The longer waiting time could be a result of more patients dying
in Singapore, consequentially resulting in less patient numbers for
the doctors to attend to, thereby making shorter waiting time for
the patients (who are still alive).
So......How good exactly is our Singapore healthcare
system???
Singapore Mortality
Table for All Ages and Disease 2001
Australia Mortality
Table for All Ages and Disease 2001
