Healthcare

APAC healthcare benefit expenses may climb 7.8% in 2019: study

Vietnam, Malaysia and Philippines could witness over 10% increases.

Medical inflation in Singapore to hit 10% in 2019

Cancer and cardiovascular issues are pushing the medical plan costs up.

Japan's healthcare expenditure hits all-time high of $36b in 2017

This is due to demand for costly anti-cancer drugs.

Analysts alarmed over Indian hospitals' looming debt crisis

Liquidity is stretched due to rising capital costs.

Singapore's Ministry of Health sets fee benchmarks for surgical procedures

Professional fees range from $160 for a nasendoscopy to $25,000 for a heart and coronary artery bypass graft.

Fullerton Health teams up with German software firm Software AG to transform healthcare industry

They eye to maximise the Internet of Things’ (IoT) potential to boost healthcare in APAC.

Singapore expands MediShield Life into three new areas

Eligible patients who feed intravenously can claim up to $1240 (S$1,700) monthly.

Pharma firms win big as Singapore boosts public healthcare spending

Pharma spending could hit US$1.26b by 2022 amidst a boost in government spending.

Taiwan hospital teams up with Indian healthcare group

They will collaborate on research and development centered on global health.