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Not meaningful to focus on average healthcare expenses as needs differ: MOH
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MOH said factors that may affect healthcare costs include one's lifespan, the type of treatment sought and whether one has chronic illness or severe disability.
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Yuen Sin
As healthcare needs, and consequently healthcare costs, differ greatly from one individual to another, it is "not meaningful" to focus on average expenses that an individual requires, said a spokesman for the Ministry of Health (MOH).
He was responding to queries from The Straits Times on the average amount that an individual should set aside at the age of 65 for healthcare needs, if one does not factor in means-tested assistance.
