Comparisons of the Interactions of Health Care Delivery and Medico-legal Practice Between Australia and Singapore

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Kandiah, David
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Australia and Singapore have similar standards of health care. The one major difference in the two health care systems is the cost to the patient at the point of care. The Medicare system in Australia provides partial to complete subsidy for health care delivery in the public hospitals. In Singapore, the patient has to bear the cost of their health care when needed, with some government subsidies. Studies in the variations between two health care systems, where the costs to the government and individuals are clearly dissimilar, but the health outcomes are similar, can be educational for health law specialists. The methods in which patients obtain recompense for their grievances can help both countries understand how to determine and improve standards of health care communication. Having worked in both systems, the relative va

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Medicine and Law

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25

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