This initiative reduced out-of-pocket spending on palliative care due in part to the shift toward lower-cost, community-based services such as home care and outpatient visits. It also led to better utilization of resources in hospitals. Read More
This year Singapore will allocate a total of S$270 million to MediSave top-ups for senior citizens. In July, Singaporeans born in 1959 and earlier or aged 63 and over will receive MediSave top-ups between S$200 and S$900. In addition, those born in 1939 and earlier...
The study synthesises the empirical research studies and discusses the health need of the elderly population, healthcare utilization and healthcare expenditure. Despite an increasing feminization of India's older population, women's health in later life and the health...
Due to population ageing, healthcare will account for the bulk of increases in government social spending by 2030 as it is predicted that the older population will account for 25 percent of Singaporeans. It is estimated that if the current healthcare spending,...
A rise of population ageing leads to increase medical and care needs among older population in China. Local governments will start to pilot programmes next year to improve medical and care services for the elderly, with the goal of rolling out the scheme...
Long-term care is needed for dependent older persons. However, the cost of long-term care and duration of disability are unpredictable. Thus, a new long-term disability program so called “CareShield Life” has been introduced to provide a basic lifetime financial...
In Philippines, Filipinos aged 60 years old and above who currently are not covered by the PhilHealth and do not have a regular source of income are now mandatorily covered under PhilHealth. While their annual premium contributions will be subsidized by the government...
The government of Botswana began developing the national healthy ageing strategic programme in 2019. The strategy’s goal is to ensure comprehensive public-health response to meet the needs of older population in line with universal health coverage (UHC). Given that...
The attainment of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) requires that no one must be left behind and that all people regardless of their social economic and demographic characteristics have access to quality healthcare. Therefore UHC means that elderly rural populations...
Singapore increases annual public subsidies of MediSave for seniors citizens from $250 to $1,100 based on age and pre-existing conditions. MediSave can be used to pay the premiums for MediShield Life and other MediSave-approved insurance plans, as well as medical...
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The federal budget includes almost $8 billion over four years to reform residential aged care with around half of that going toward funding and reporting a minimum of 200 care minutes for residents each day. The funding is part of a five-year $17.7 billion aged care...
India has a large elderly population, with enormous diversity pertaining to social, economic, educational and health status which demands more healthcare services as they age. But, unregulated systems, lack of resources, inefficient public health system, absence of...
To address the rapidly graying population coupled with low birth rates in Japan, the Japanese Parliament is hiking out of pocket health expenditure for those aged 75 and above subject to a minimum income of 2 million yen. The plan will require people over 75...
The Flexi-Medisave scheme allows patients aged 60 and above to tap their own or their spouse's Medisave funds to pay for outpatient expenses at polyclinics, specialist outpatient clinics and GP clinics under the Community Health Assist Scheme (CHAS). Annual...
