A Singapore Government Agency Website
Official website links end with .gov.sg
Government agencies communicate via .gov.sg websites (e.g. go.gov.sg/open). Trusted websites

Secure websites use HTTPS

Look for a lock () or https:// as an added precaution. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Scam alert

Government officers will never ask you to send money or share your details over the phone. When unsure, hang up and call Scamshield at 1799.

Sign up here for higher rate limits, priority support and maintenance notifications.

 
Health

Number of Policyholders for ElderShield, Annual

Data from Jan 2006 to Dec 2021

Last updated: 06 Jun 2024, 14:41 SGT

MOH (Ministry of Health)

Number of ElderShield Policyholders, Number of ElderShield Policyholders with Supplements

Policyholders, Policyholders with supplements by Year

Data explorer

NumberofPolicyholdersforElderShieldAnnual.csv (16 rows, 357 B)

Year
Year (YYYY)
Policyholders
Numeric
Policyholders with Supplements
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)6.3%
2006746000na
200778600025000
200882900076000
2009873000127000
2010922000189000
2011977000234000
20121033000265000
20131091000320000
20141144000357000
20151194000398000

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
YearyearYear (YYYY)--
PolicyholderspolicyholdersNumericNo. of PolicyholdersNumber of ElderShield Policyholders, rounded off to the nearest thousand
Policyholders with Supplementspolicyholders_with_supplementsNumericNo. of PolicyholdersNumber of ElderShield Policyholders with Supplements, rounded off to the nearest thousand
Google colab link
Analyse this dataset with Colab Notebook
  1. 1. Copy this dataset ID: d_6df6086af759a419ea8140f4b057eb0d
  2. 2. Click on the button below

Sample OpenAPI query

This code can be used to test a sample API query. It retrieves the data catalogue of this dataset. For a complete guide on query parameters and syntax, please refer to the API documentation. Try it out on your browser to see the response schema.

import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_6df6086af759a419ea8140f4b057eb0d"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Ministry of Health. (2016). Number of Policyholders for ElderShield, Annual (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved April 1, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_6df6086af759a419ea8140f4b057eb0d/view

About this dataset

Contact

feedback@data.gov.sg

Created on

07 Jul 2016

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

Agency

MOH (Ministry of Health)