This is a summary of health facility statistics in Singapore, including the number of hospitals, beds and health care providers available.
Article last reviewed 27
October
2022
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Health Facilities
2021
2022
2023
HOSPITALS
Acute Hospitals 1
19
19
19
► Public
10
10
10
► Not-for-Profit
1
1
1
► Private
8
8
8
Psychiatric Hospitals
1
1
1
► Public
1
1
1
► Not-for-Profit
-
-
-
► Private
-
-
-
Community Hospitals
9
9
10
► Public 2
5
5
6
► Not-for-Profit 3
4
4
4
► Private 4
-
-
-
RESIDENTIAL LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES
Nursing Homes
80
83
85
► Public
27
30
30
► Not-for-Profit
23
23
23
► Private
30
30
32
Inpatient Hospices
-
-
-
► Public
-
-
-
► Not-for-Profit
-
-
-
► Private
-
-
-
Inpatient Hospice Palliative Care Service (IHPCS)
9
9
9
► Public
3
3
3
► Not-for-Profit
6
6
6
► Private
-
-
-
NON-RESIDENTIAL LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES
Centre-based Care Facilities5
153
158
165
Home Care Providers6
24
25
25
Home Palliative Care Providers7
9
9
9
Primary Care Facilities
► Public - Polyclinics
23
23
23
► Private - General Practioner Clinics
2,410
2,481
2,493
Dental Clinics
► Public (Total)
248
249
245
Polyclinic Dental Clinics
12
12
12
Hospital/Institution Dental Clinics 8
9
9
9
School Dental Clinics
227
228
224
► Private
899
955
1,079
Pharmacies
261
251
261
► Public Sector
69
69
72
► Private Sector
192
182
189189
Notes:
Public health facilities refer to those owned or controlled by a government unit or another public corporation (where control is defined as the ability to determine the general corporate policy).
Not-for-profit health facilities refer to those producing health goods and services, but are not permitted to be a source of income, profit or financial gain for the unit(s) that establish, control or finance them.
Private health facilities refer to those set up for the purpose of producing health goods and services and are capable of generating a profit or other financial gains for their owners.
A residential health facility providing more than one residential care service will be categorised based on its highest level of medical capability (LMC), provided the highest LMC beds make up at least 25 per cent of total bed capacity. For example, a health facility providing both community hospital and chronic sick services will be categorised as a 'Community Hospital' if its number of community hospital beds is at least 25 per cent of its total bed capacity.
1 Comprises both general hospitals and specialty centres (excluding Psychiatric Hospitals) with acute care inpatient facilities. - With effect from 2010, data include Khoo Teck Puat Hospital. - With effect from 2012, data include Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital and Fortis Colorectal Hospital (currently known as Concord International Hospital). - With effect from 2014, data include Farrer Park Hospital. - With effect from 2015, data include Ng Teng Fong General Hospital. - Johns Hopkins Singapore International Medical Centre ceased operations with effect from 2017.
2 With effect from 2011, data include Bright Vision Hospital. - With effect from 2015, data include Jurong Community Hospital and Yishun Community Hospital. - With effect from 2018, data include Sengkang Community Hospital. - With effect from 2019, data include Outram Community Hospital..
3 With effect from Apr 2011, the ownership of Bright Vision Hospital was transferred to Singapore Health Services (Public).
4 West Point Hospital closed in Dec 2015 and re-opened in Sep 2016. The hospital ceased operation wef Sep 2018.
5 'Inpatient Hospice Palliative Care Service (IHPCS)', which started on April 2020, has replaced the 'Inpatient Hospices'.
6 Centre-based Care Facilities refer to eldercare centres that provide Day Care, Dementia Day Care, Community Rehabilitation and/or Singapore Programme for Integrated Care of the Elderly (SPICE) services. Only includes facilities which are receiving subvention from MOH and/or are receiving referrals from AIC.
7 Home Care includes Home Medical and Home Nursing services. Only includes providers which are receiving subvention from MOH. A single provider operating multiple branches is only counted once.
8 Home Palliative Care includes Palliative Nursing, Palliative Medical and Psychosocial services. Only includes providers which are receiving subvention from MOH. A single provider operating multiple branches is only counted once.
9Includes National Dental Centre. With effect from Mar 2010, data include dental clinic at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital. With effect from Jun 2015, data include dental clinic at Ng Teng Fong General Hospital.
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