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Ever wondered How Much Does It Cost to be admitted in a private hospital or a government hospital in Malaysia? Find out and compare hospital charges below. Although the numbers and statistics are everywhere on the internet, we have compiled and organised the information accordingly in one place. The pricing information below is based on the published prices from major centres and pricing information available on blogs and the internet. Here is the list, categorised by Government Hospital Charges and Private Hospital Charges. GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL CHARGES IN MALAYSIA The average cost of popular medical procedures in public hospitals in Malaysia: Angioplasty: RM 200 Cataract: RM 500 / eye Chemotherapy: RM 200/visit Dengue: F.O.C. Heart Bypass: RM 4,000 Hip Replacement: RM 15,000 Kidney Stone: RM 10,000 Spine Surgery: RM 36,000 Stroke: RM 5,000 Additional Medical Costs That You May Need to Pay For Of course, the costs of the medical procedures above aren’t the onl...

Hefty health-care costs have become a global concern, including in Singapore. Worldwide, countries struggle to contain them. Patients and families, too, are concerned. In Singapore, a lot of attention has been focused recently on the role of doctors in driving up health-care costs through their fees. While doctors certainly influence health-care costs, they are not solely, or even primarily, responsible for them.   Other contributors include technology such as drugs, medical equipment, implants; consumables such as nappies, dressings or intravenous drips; professional fees given not just to doctors but also therapists, dieticians, nurses and to cover hospital administration, laboratory tests such as radiological investigations; and facility fees for use of hospital rooms and operating theaters. Read more: http://yourhealth.asiaone.com/content/reducing-pain-health-care-costs

TheRealSingapore.com - The experience from my two stays in a private hospital earlier this year does not bear out the assumption by many Forum writers that doctors’ bills contribute most to the rising cost of private health care. In my case, the hospital’s charges amounted to almost 80 per cent of the total bill, while the fees for the surgeon and anaesthesiologist made up around 20 per cent. One major cause of high medical costs is the mark-up for basic medication and supplies. Examples of what I paid for (before goods and services tax) include: $10.61 for a tablet of augmentin (compared with $2.20 at my surgeon’s clinic); $18.93 for a sodium chloride infusion and $13.63 for hepsal (both used for flushing intravenous devices); $4.54 for a safety pin; $4.51 for a small foam cup; $74.69 for a small abdominal binder; $5.12 for six pieces of gauze; and More than $50 for using an infusion pump for one day. The charges levied would not have included any service elem...

(http://www.addictinginfo.org) - In March this year, twitter user @YumiYoko became a mum following a caesarean section.  Medical staff at Philadelphia’s Abington Memorial Hospital handed her a child, while administrators handed her a bill for over $42,000.  Such is life under the US profit-making private healthcare system... The US remains the only nation in the developed world that fails to provide universal healthcare for its citizens. Even a handful of Developing countries have prioritized their resources to ensure universal access to health care, including oil-rich Saudi Arabia and Oman, Costa Rica, Kyrgyzstan, and Cuba, among others... Britain’s NHS saves more lives per pound ($1.62) spent on it than any healthcare system on earth except Ireland, and yet the Brits spend half the equivalent GDP the US spends on healthcare.  Yet, as research by respected think tank The Commonwealth Fund revealed this year, the US has been ranked as having the ...