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Stakeholders’ voices

These schemes need to be simple, clear and easy to understand, so
just the HDH screening should suffice. Too many other tests will
complicate the picture, and people may lose their focus.
Private service provider

Obesity is important too because it is a risk factor for
HDH too. If obesity is ignored, the problem cannot be
completely unveiled.
Public service provider

Subtheme 5.2 – A chronic disease screening voucher will be useful for promoting
primary care. Stakeholders were generally receptive towards the Scheme for encouraging
preventive care in the general public. The Scheme was regarded to be likely useful in
addressing the underdiagnoses of HDH in the population. Aside from early identification of
diseases, risk assessments could be performed to prevent future complications. Many
stakeholders believed these essential elements of primary care could also be achieved with
the implementation of the Scheme. This will eventually save healthcare costs as it reduces
avoidable hospital admission in the long run.

Stakeholders’ voices

There are many hidden cases of chronic diseases in the community–
roughly 50% of chronic diseases patients are unidentified. If we can have
early screening and intervention, we could prevent the progression of
these diseases and the emergence of complicated conditions. This will
benefit both patients and our health system.
Private service provider

It is highly beneficial for the middle-aged to undergo
check-ups regularly to prevent diseases.

NGO representative

This is one main truth and I strongly believe it–for that sort of
public-private programmes in primary and secondary
prevention of disease, I really feel that this is an area that we
can really work on.
Professional body representative

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