Costs of Visits for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Spondyloarthritis and Psoriatic Arthritis

15 Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang asked the Minister for Health for each of the years from 2015 to 2017, what have been the respective numbers of unique patients, unique visits, and the average and median costs of each visit for (i) Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (ii) Spondyloarthritis and (iii) Psoriatic Arthritis.

Mr Gan Kim Yong: The 2015 to 2017 subsidised B2 and C ward hospitalisation statistics on Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Spondyloarthritis and Psoriatic Arthritis are in the following table.

MOH does not collect specific Specialist Outpatient Clinic (SOC) data and primary care data for these three conditions.