1. Differences between: Primary healthcare services, Hospital services, Intermediate and Long-Term Care services
1.1. Primary Healthcare Services
1.1.1. general practitioners — in polyclinics and private medical clinics within the community
1.2. Hospital Services
1.2.1. provide multi-disciplinary inpatient and specialist outpatient services, and 24-hour emergency departments
1.3. Intermediate and Long Term Care (ILTC)
1.3.1. continuing care facilities for patients who no longer require the level of care dispensed by a hospital but nevertheless require continued care
1.3.1.1. Residential ILTC services care, for patients who stay in these facilities both in the day and at night.
1.3.1.2. Community-based ILTC services, both centre-based and home-based, provided to patients during the day.
2. Singapore Govt provides universal health coverage through multiple layers of protection
3. HEALTHCARE FINANCING
3.1. Government subsidies
3.2. Compulsory healthcare savings - MediSave
3.3. Risk-pooling via insurance schemes
3.3.1. National basic health insurance scheme – MediShield Life
3.3.2. Private health insurance for additional coverage – MediSave-approved Integrated Shield Plans (IPs)
3.3.3. Long-term care insurance – ElderShield, CareShield Life, and ElderShield and CareShield Life Supplements
3.4. Ultimate safety net for the needy
3.4.1. MediFund
4. Singapore Government’s healthcare philosophy
4.1. Enhancing Accessibility
4.1.1. plans to increase the number of acute general hospital and community-hospital beds
4.2. Enhancing Quality Of Care
4.2.1. move away from doctor-centric service, and adopt a multi-disciplinary team approach to enhance chronic disease management
4.3. Ensuring Healthcare Remains Affordable
4.3.1. Increasing the Government share of national healthcare expenditure
4.3.2. expanding MediSave
4.3.3. Extending CHAS to cover all Singaporeans for selected chronic conditions, regardless of income
4.3.4. Enhancing collective responsibility for healthcare – MediShield Life
4.3.5. Providing seniors in the Pioneer Generation (PG) and Merdeka Generation (MG) more support for their healthcare costs