Is cost-effective healthcare compatible with publicly financed academic medical centres?
Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore
;
: 42-48, 2013.
Article
in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-305757
ABSTRACT
Probably more than any country, Singapore has made significant investment into the biomedical enterprise as a proportion of its economy and size. This focus recently witnessed a shift towards a greater emphasis on translational and clinical development. Key to the realisation of this strategy will be Academic Medical Centres (AMCs), as a principal tool to developing and applying useful products for the market and further improving health outcomes. Here, we explore the principal value proposition of the AMC to Singapore society and its healthcare system. We question if the values inherent within academic medicine--that of inquiry, innovation, pedagogy and clinical exceptionalism--can be compatible with the seemingly paradoxical mandate of providing cost-effective or rationed healthcare.
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Index:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Quality of Health Care
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Singapore
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Health Care Rationing
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Health Care Costs
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Cost-Benefit Analysis
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Economics
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Academic Medical Centers
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Financing, Government
Type of study:
Health economic evaluation
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore
Year:
2013
Type:
Article
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