Singapore's health care system : what 50 years have achieved / editors, Lee Chien Earn, Changi General Hospital, Singapore, K. Satku, National University Health System, Singapore.

New Jersey : World Scientific, [2016]

ix, 392 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The transformation of the health of our people : an overview -- A brief history of public health in Singapore -- Health care governance -- Health care financing-paying for healthcare -- Healthcare regulation -- Fifty years of clinical quality -- The growth and development of healthcare professionals -- Nursing manpower development -- Health promotion-our journey -- Primary care -- Singapore's hospitals : introduction -- Intermediate and long term care sector : five decades of community and residential services in Singapore -- Our IT journey; one patient- one record -- The role of complimentary medicine -- Global health : Singapore's contributions -- Challenges in healthcare.