write in brief about cost effective treatment options,quality of medical care and ease of travel in Singapore
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Tis book was inspired by a speech given in 2010 by then Minister for
Health of Singapore, Khaw Boon Wan, to an international group of
health specialists. I had the good fortune to attend the meeting of NIHA
(the Initiative to Improve Health in Asia), a Pan-Asian Policy Program
sponsored by the National University of Singapore and the Global Asia
Institute. Te Minister’s speech outlined the history and more importantly,
the thinking, behind the creation of the Singapore healthcare system. Te
system he described is both effective and unique. I asked if a book existed
describing the Singapore approach to healthcare and was surprised to learn
that none did. A few weeks later, I had a follow-up conversation over dinner
with the NUS President, Tan Chorh Chuan, Director of the Global Asia
Institute, Seetharam Kallidaikurichi Easwaran, and Paul Kratoska, then
Director of NUS Press who encouraged me to write this volume. Seetharam
Kallidaikurichi kindly provided support for a researcher for a year and
the book was on its way. I mentioned that I was writing a volume on the
Singapore healthcare system that might provide lessons in the creation of
sustainable healthcare system to others in both developing and developed
countries to Strobe Talbott of the Brookings Institution, and he and his
colleagues kindly offered to jointly publish the book with NUS Press. I
am grateful to Robert Faherty, Director of the Brookings Press for his
encouragement. I thank Peter Schoppert, now Director of NUS Press, for
his enthusiasm and assistance.
I owe special thanks to Claudia Olsson, Managing Director of
ACCESS Health International, Singapore for her valuable assistance
throughout. She organized interviews for me, conducted others herself,
did much of the research for the final chapter of the book and worked
closely with our researcher, Eti Bhaskar. Eti was tireless in preparing