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Jan 8, 2011
Jump in hospital bills over past four years
Most patients are able to pay, have MediShield and Medisave: Minister
<!-- by line -->By Salma Khalik , HEALTH CORRESPONDENT
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THE average bill for a subsidised C-class patient in a public hospital has gone up by between a third on the low end and almost double on the high end, in the four years since 2006.
The Ministry of Health (MOH) puts this down to multiple factors - including a greater number of more ill and older patients, and patients asking for non-subsidised drugs and implants.
Read the full story in Saturday's edition of The Straits Times.
[email protected]
Jump in hospital bills over past four years
Most patients are able to pay, have MediShield and Medisave: Minister
<!-- by line -->By Salma Khalik , HEALTH CORRESPONDENT
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<!-- Audio --><!-- Video --><!-- PDF -->COMPARING COSTS
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THE average bill for a subsidised C-class patient in a public hospital has gone up by between a third on the low end and almost double on the high end, in the four years since 2006.
The Ministry of Health (MOH) puts this down to multiple factors - including a greater number of more ill and older patients, and patients asking for non-subsidised drugs and implants.
Read the full story in Saturday's edition of The Straits Times.
[email protected]
