10th Sep 2018
Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament
Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang
MP for Nee Soon GRC
Question No. 966
To ask the Minister for Health for each of the years from 2015 to 2017, what have been the respective numbers of unique patients, unique visits, and the average and median costs of each visit for (i) Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (ii) Spondyloarthritis and (iii) Psoriatic Arthritis.
Written Answer
1 The 2015 to 2017 subsidised B2 and C ward hospitalisation statistics on Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Spondyloarthritis and Psoriatic Arthritis are in the following table.
Year | No. of subsidised B2 and C episodes | No. of subsidised B2 and C unique patients | Average bill[1] per episode | Average OOP[2] per episode | Median bill1 per episode | Median OOP2 per episode |
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus |
2015 | 394 | 213 | $2,856 | $613 | $1,159 | $0 |
2016 | 470 | 242 | $2,513 | $568 | $1,250 | $0 |
2017 | 439 | 240 | $2,485 | $586 | $1,262 | $0 |
Spondyloarthritis |
2015 | 203 | 106 | $5,055 | $775 | $3,479 | $0 |
2016 | 225 | 118 | $4,281 | $742 | $3,486 | $0 |
2017 | 268 | 135 | $5,011 | $521 | $3,710 | $0 |
Psoriatic Arthritis |
2015 | 53 | 29 | $3,228 | $658 | $3,527 | $0 |
2016 | 72 | 39 | $2,964 | $575 | $2,670 | $0 |
2017 | 82 | 35 | $3,105 | $587 | $2,580 | $4 |
2 MOH does not collect specific Specialist Outpatient Clinic (SOC) data and primary care data for these three conditions.
[1] Refers to median/ average bill size after government subsidies, but before 3Ms, Integrated Shield Plan payouts, employer benefits and other 3rd party payers
[2] Refers to out-of-pocket payments, which are bill sizes after government subsidies, 3Ms (MediSave, MediShield Life and MediFund), Integrated Shield Plan payouts, employer benefits and other 3rd party payers