- With an ongoing demand-supply imbalance for public hospital beds, patients are being funnelled to private hospitals and step-down care facilities such as TCFs (Transitional Care Facilities). As new additional public bed capacity would only be added from 2024 onwards, the Singapore government has indicated for longer term plans for TCFs to be included into the country’s healthcare system, benefitting private TCF operators such as Raffles Medical (SGX:BSL).
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Supply-demand imbalance of Singapore hospital beds
- During the COVID-19 XBB infection wave in 4Q22, Singapore’s public hospitals faced a hospital bed crunch as both COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 patients swarmed public hospitals’ emergency departments.
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- Public hospital bed occupancy had risen to 93.1% in 2022, from 87.6% pre-COVID-19, driven by longer stays and the COVID-19 pandemic.
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