Choices in financing health care and old age security: Proceedings of a conference sponsored by the Institute of Policy Studies, Singapore, and the World Bank, November 8, 1997

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No AccessWorld Bank Discussion Papers12 Aug 2013Choices in financing health care and old age securityProceedings of a conference sponsored by the Institute of Policy Studies, Singapore, and the World Bank, November 8, 1997Authors/Editors: Nicholas PrescottNicholas Prescotthttps://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-4284-3SectionsAboutPDF (0.4 MB) ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareFacebookTwitterLinked In Abstract:This volume contains the keynote address (delivered by Singapore ' s Minister for Health and for the Environment, Yeo Cheow Tong), six papers, and four comments prepared for the Institute of Policy Studies, Singapore-World Bank Conference on Financing Health Care and Old Age Security, held in Singapore on 8 November 1997. Conference participants addressed a looming problem for nearly every country, developing and industrial: how to deal with the implications rapidly aging populations have for the financing of medical care and income security for the elderly. Of special interest are the contributor ' s analyses of Singapore ' s unique, integrated approach to managing social risk, which is based on mandatory individual savings accounts. Singapore ' s pioneering model unifies medical savings accounts for acute medical care in old age with a provident fund for retirement income. While the lessons of Singapore ' s experience are of worldwide interest given current efforts to reform social security systems, the minister ' s keynote address highlights the continuing need for innovations to refine the basic model - calling for the development of a new approach to financing the growing problem of long-term medical care for the elderly. Previous bookNext book FiguresreferencesRecommendeddetailsCited bySocial Protection Spending in Context of Structural and Institutional Performance: A Global Empirical AnalysisSocial Indicators Research, Vol.163, No.222 April 2022China's medical savings accounts: an analysis of the price elasticity of demand for health careThe European Journal of Health Economics, Vol.18, No.620 September 2016Singapore: The Limits of a Technocratic Approach to Health CareJournal of Contemporary Asia, Vol.38, No.3Medical Savings Accounts: Promises and Pitfalls11 March 2008The Adaptive Developmental State in East AsiaJournal of East Asian Studies, Vol.4, No.324 March 2016Demographic Development and Moral Hazard: Health Insurance with Medical Savings AccountsGeneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice, Vol.29, No.4"Medical Savings Accounts" — Eine internationale Bestandsaufnahme des Konzeptes der Gesundheitssparkonten und seine Implikationen für DeutschlandZeitschrift für die gesamte Versicherungswissenschaft, Vol.92, No.3PRIVATIZATION OF SOCIAL SECURITY IN SOUTHEAST ASIAReview of Policy Research, Vol.19, No.3Medical Savings Accounts: Approach with CautionJournal of Health Services Research & Policy, Vol.5, No.323 June 2016 View Published: July 1998ISBN: 978-0-8213-4284-8 Copyright & Permissions Related RegionsEast Asia & PacificRelated CountriesSingaporeRelated TopicsHealth Nutrition and Population KeywordsHEALTH CAREOLD AGEAGED CAREAGED HEALTHAGED LONG-TERM CAREAGED MEDICAL CAREAGED MEDICAL CARE COSTSSOCIAL SECURITYMEDICAL SAVINGS ACCOUNTSHEALTH CARE FINANCINGPENSIONSHEALTH INSURANCEOLD AGE ASSISTANCEOLD AGE BENEFITSSOCIAL SAFETY NETSAGEDAGINGAGING POPULATIONSDAY CAREFAMILY CAREHEALTH CAREHOSPITALSNURSINGPATIENTSSOCIAL SERVICES PDF DownloadLoading ...