Can voucher scheme enhance primary care provision for older adults: cross-sectional study in Hong Kong

Autor: Johnny T. K. Cheung, Samuel Y.S. Wong, Dicken C. C. Chan, Dexing Zhang, Lawrence H. F. Luk, Patsy Y. K. Chau, Benjamin H. K. Yip, Eric K. P. Lee, Eliza L. Y. Wong, E. K. Yeoh

Publikováno v: BMC Geriatrics, Vol 20, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2020)

Abstract Background The Hong Kong government has launched the Elderly Health Care Voucher (EHCV) scheme to facilitate primary care in the private sector for older adults. This study aimed to examine whether voucher use was associated with a shift of

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Impact of additional community services provision on dementia caregiver burden: an interrupted time-series analysis of 12-year interRAI assessments in Hong Kong

Autor: Crystal Ying Chan, Patsy Y K Chau, Eng-kiong Yeoh, Eliza L Y Wong

Publikováno v: BMJ open. 12(11)

ObjectivesTo evaluate the impact of providing additional dementia caregiver support services on caregiver burden.DesignInterrupted time-series analysis using territory-wide panel data.SettingsAll public-funded district elderly community centres in Ho

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36414298

Can voucher scheme enhance primary care provision for older adults: cross-sectional study in Hong Kong

Autor: Patsy Y. K. Chau, Johnny T. K. Cheung, Samuel Y. S. Wong, Dicken Chan, Eric K P Lee, Lawrence H. F. Luk, E K Yeoh, Benjamin Hon Kei Yip, Dexing Zhang, Eliza L.Y. Wong

Publikováno v: BMC Geriatrics, Vol 20, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2020)
BMC Geriatrics

Background The Hong Kong government has launched the Elderly Health Care Voucher (EHCV) scheme to facilitate primary care in the private sector for older adults. This study aimed to examine whether voucher use was associated with a shift of healthcar

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http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12877-020-01851-x

Comparing Multimorbidity Patterns Among Discharged Middle-Aged and Older Inpatients Between Hong Kong and Zurich: A Hierarchical Agglomerative Clustering Analysis of Routine Hospital Records

Autor: Marcus Cheetham, Patsy Y. K. Chau, Edouard Battegay, Roger Yat-Nork Chung, Samuel Y. S. Wong, Francisco T. T. Lai, Eng-Kiong Yeoh, Eliza L.Y. Wong, Patrick E. Beeler, Benjamin Hon Kei Yip

Publikováno v: Frontiers in Medicine, Vol 8 (2021)
Frontiers in Medicine

Background: Multimorbidity, defined as the co-occurrence of ≥2 chronic conditions, is clinically diverse. Such complexity hinders the development of integrated/collaborative care for multimorbid patients. In addition, the universality of multimorbi

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https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2021.651925/full

Multimorbidity in middle age predicts more subsequent hospital admissions than in older age: A nine-year retrospective cohort study of 121,188 discharged in-patients

Autor: Benjamin Hon Kei Yip, Bruce Guthrie, Roger Yat-Nork Chung, Stewart W Mercer, Samuel Y. S. Wong, Patsy Y. K. Chau, Gary K K Chung, Eliza L.Y. Wong, Francisco T. T. Lai, Jean Woo, Eng-Kiong Yeoh

Publikováno v: Lai, F T T, Wong, S Y S, Yip, B H K, Guthrie, B, Mercer, S W, Chung, R Y, Chung, G K K, Chau, P Y K, Wong, E L Y, Woo, J & Yeoh, E-K 2018, ' Multimorbidity in middle age predicts more subsequent hospital admissions than in older age : A nine-year retrospective cohort study of 121,188 discharged in-patients ', European Journal of Internal Medicine . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejim.2018.12.001

BACKGROUND: Previous research has suggested a differential short-term effect of multimorbidity on hospitalization by age, with younger groups affected more. This study compares the nine-year hospitalization pattern by age and multimorbidity status in

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30581041