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... of Singapore. 1999a . A Guide to Medisave (handbook) (cited on 30 July). Available on-line at http://www.cpf.gov.sg/publication/medisave.asp . ———. 1999b . MediShield/MediShield Plus (handbook) (cited on 30 July). Available on-line at http://www.cpf.gov.sg/publication/medisave.asp . Gleneagles...

... Health Care: A White Paper . Singapore: Ministry of Health. Ministry of Health, Republic of Singapore. 1998 . A Guide to Medisave (handbook). Singapore: Ministry of Health. Nichols, Len M., Nicholas Prescott, and Phua Kai Hong. 1997 . Medical Savings Accounts for Developing Countries...

... the real concep- tual framework of Singapore’s health funding system” (Barr 2001: 721) and “Medisave’s failure to curb health expenditure . . . has led the Singa- pore government to abandon its reliance on price competition” (Hsiao 2001: 733)? In the absence of any accompanying evidence or supporting...

... the real concep- tual framework of Singapore’s health funding system” (Barr 2001: 721) and “Medisave’s failure to curb health expenditure . . . has led the Singa- pore government to abandon its reliance on price competition” (Hsiao 2001: 733)? In the absence of any accompanying evidence or supporting...

... the real concep- tual framework of Singapore’s health funding system” (Barr 2001: 721) and “Medisave’s failure to curb health expenditure . . . has led the Singa- pore government to abandon its reliance on price competition” (Hsiao 2001: 733)? In the absence of any accompanying evidence or supporting...

... the real concep- tual framework of Singapore’s health funding system” (Barr 2001: 721) and “Medisave’s failure to curb health expenditure . . . has led the Singa- pore government to abandon its reliance on price competition” (Hsiao 2001: 733)? In the absence of any accompanying evidence or supporting...

... the real concep- tual framework of Singapore’s health funding system” (Barr 2001: 721) and “Medisave’s failure to curb health expenditure . . . has led the Singa- pore government to abandon its reliance on price competition” (Hsiao 2001: 733)? In the absence of any accompanying evidence or supporting...

... the real concep- tual framework of Singapore’s health funding system” (Barr 2001: 721) and “Medisave’s failure to curb health expenditure . . . has led the Singa- pore government to abandon its reliance on price competition” (Hsiao 2001: 733)? In the absence of any accompanying evidence or supporting...

... if MSAs had by the mid-1980s become a cornerstone of the health funding system, it was not long before their limitations as a means of protecting against illness became clear. Medisave therefore had to be supplemented by a scheme to insure against catastrophic illness...

... hospitals, and they may have to draw on private savings rather than Medisave accounts. They may be under social pressure to be frugal, prudent, and inconspic- uous, but they are not further constrained by explicit governmental rules. The other point in Barr’s essay...

... on the demand-side approach to constrain the system and to allocate health ser- vices. Wanting to assure universal equal access, Singapore mandates an individual savings plan (Medisave) for every worker, which is dedicated to covering health care expenses (Phau 1991).When a worker is in need...