Outpatient primary and tertiary healthcare utilisation among public rental housing residents in Singapore.

Jun Jie Benjamin SengVanessa Zi Kun LimYu Heng KwanJulian ThumbooLian Leng Low

Published in: BMC health services research (2019)

Residing in public rental housing was not associated with increased utilization of outpatient healthcare resources despite patients' higher disease burden and frequency of emergency department visits and hospitalizations. Further research is required to elucidate their health seeking behaviours.

Keyphrases

healthcare
emergency department
mental health
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
mental illness
public health
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
health information
patient reported outcomes
risk factors
risk assessment
climate change