Ministry of Health utilisation statistics for Singapore hospitals and public outpatient services. Member datasets Hospital Admissions And Public Sector Outpatient Attendances, Annual and Hospital Admissions By Sector, Annual cover inpatient discharges, specialist clinics, accident and emergency, dental services, and polyclinics with sector splits and historical definitional notes in the official description. Health services researchers and capacity planners use the series to track demand across public and private providers. Excludes Jurong Medical Centre as stated officially.
Data exclude Jurong Medical Centre. Total Hospital Admissions - Refers to inpatient discharges for all hospitals. Prior to 2002, data on public sector hospitals refer to admissions. Public Sector Hospital Admissions - Public sector hospitals include government hospitals, government restructured hospitals and specialty centres. Private Sector Hospital Admissions - Private sector hospitals include community hospitals and chronic sick hospitals; such as, 1. Ren Ci Hospital (formerly chronic sick unit in Woodbridge Hospital) with effect from 1 September 1994, 2. St. Luke's Hospital which opened with effect from 1 March 1996, 3. Westpoint family hospital which re-opened its inpatient service with effect from 28 June 2000. 4. With effect from July 2012, data include Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital. 5. With effect from August 2012, data include Fortis Colorectal Hospital. With effect from 15 December 2014, data include Farrer Park Hospital. Specialist Outpatient Clinics - Excludes staff attendances. From 1988 include government restructured hospitals and from January 1993 include Anesthesia Department, Singapore General Hospital. Accident & Emergency Departments - Data from 1988 include government restructured hospitals. Dental Clinics - Includes dental services in Hospitals, Polyclinics, School Dental Clinics, National Dental Centre. Prior to 1994, monthly data for NUH Dental Centre are not available. With effect from January 2006, data includes Changi General Hospital Dental Clinic. With effect from January 2007, data includes dental clinics at Alexandra Hospital and Tan Tock Seng Hospital. With effect from March 2010, data includes dental clinics at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital. Polyclinics - Formerly known as family health services. Community health clinics and maternal and child health clinics were renamed Family Health Services in May 1993.
Annual hospital admissions and public-sector outpatient attendances in Singapore by year and sector, published by the Ministry of Health in CSV from 1984 to 2020. The series supports health-system capacity planning, utilisation trend analysis, and comparison of inpatient versus outpatient demand across public healthcare providers.
Ministry of Health annual CSV of hospital admissions by sector in Singapore from 1984 through 2020. Health-system analysts compare public and private hospital admission volumes over that period.