The hospitals sub-sector employs the highest number of workers and is the largest contributor to the sector’s operating receipts.

Types Of Businesses
Sub-Sector Highlights
Sub-Sector Snapshot (2007)
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Types Of Businesses

• Healthcare institutions that provide medical, surgical or psychiatric care and treatment, including:
  
  
  • restructured hospitals
  • private hospitals

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Sub-Sector Highlights

• Compared to other sub-sectors, the hospitals sub-sector is the largest contributor to the sector’s operating receipts and has the:
  
  
  • highest number of workers
  • highest average annual remuneration per employee
  • third highest value added per worker
  • second lowest profitability ratio
  • lowest number of establishments

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Sub-Sector Snapshot (2007)

Number of Establishments	20
Number of Workers	28,678
Operating Receipts	S$3.4 billion
Operating Expenditure	S$3.4 billion
Operating Surplus	S$226 million
Value Added	S$1.8 billion
Profitability Ratio* (%)	6.6%
Average Annual Remuneration per Employee	S$55,200

* Ratio of operating surplus to operating receipts. Excludes non-profit organisations.

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Business Costs

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Economic Surveys Series 2007: Health Services
Singapore Department of Statistics (DOS)
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