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• Negative and positive experiences of caregiving among family caregivers of older blunt trauma patients.

  Authors:Ting-Hway Wong, Timothy Xin Zhong Tan, Lynette Ma Loo, Wei Chong Chua, Philip Tsau Choong Iau, Arron Seng Hock Ang, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 10) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 10, 20224,403 words Report 1580LObjectives Family caregivers play a fundamental role in the care of the older blunt trauma patient. We aim to identify risk factors for negative and positive experiences of caregiving among family caregivers. Design...

• The effectiveness of public health interventions against COVID-19: Lessons from the Singapore experience.

  Authors:John P. Ansah, David Bruce Matchar, Sean Lam Shao Wei, Jenny G. Low, Ahmad Reza Pourghaderi, Fahad Javaid Siddiqui, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 16, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 30, 20216,110 words Report 1650LBackground In dealing with community spread of COVID-19, two active interventions have been attempted or advocated-containment, and mitigation. Given the extensive impact of COVID-19 globally, there is international...

• Health-related quality of life loss associated with first-time stroke

  Authors:Yen Shing Yeoh, Gerald Choon-Huat Koh, Chuen Seng Tan, Tian Ming Tu, Rajinder Singh, Hui Meng Chang, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 28, 20195,165 words Report 1470LObjectives This study aimed to quantify health-related quality of life (HRQoL) loss associated with first episode of stroke by comparing patient-reported HRQoL before and after stroke onset. The impact of stroke in...

• Validation and application of a needs-based segmentation tool for cross-country comparisons.

  Authors:Lize Duminy, Nirmali Ruth Sivapragasam, David Bruce Matchar, Abhijit Visaria, John Pastor Ansah, Carl Rudolf Blankart, et al.From:Health Services Research (Vol. 56, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 20215,847 words Report 1850LObjective: To compare countries' health care needs by segmenting populations into a set of needs-based health states. Data sources: We used seven waves of the Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE)...

• The impact of population dynamics and foreign labour policy on dependency: the case of Singapore

  Authors:John Pastor Ansah, Crystal M. Riley, James P. Thompson, and David Bruce MatcharFrom:Journal of Population Research (Vol. 32, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

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• Modeling Emergency Department crowding: Restoring the balance between demand for and supply of emergency medicine

  Authors:John Pastor Ansah, Salman Ahmad, Lin Hui Lee, Yuzeng Shen, Marcus Eng Hock Ong, David Bruce Matchar, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 16, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 12, 202114,164 words Report 1610LEmergency Departments (EDs) worldwide are confronted with rising patient volumes causing significant strains on both Emergency Medicine and entire healthcare systems. Consequently, many EDs are in a situation where the...

• One-year and three-year mortality prediction in adult major blunt trauma survivors: a National Retrospective Cohort Analysis

  Authors:Ting Hway Wong, Nivedita Vikas Nadkarni, Hai V. Nguyen, Gek Hsiang Lim, David Bruce Matchar, Dennis Chuen Chai Seow, et al.From:Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine (Vol. 26, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 18, 20185,912 words Report 1630LBackground Survivors of trauma are at increased risk of dying after discharge. Studies have found that age, head injury, injury severity, falls and co-morbidities predict long-term mortality. The objective of our...

• Frailty and length of stay in older adults with blunt injury in a national multicentre prospective cohort study.

  Authors:Timothy Xin Zhong Tan, Nivedita V. Nadkarni, Wei Chong Chua, Lynette Ma Loo, Philip Tsau Choong Iau, Arron Seng Hock Ang, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 16, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 30, 20214,227 words Report 1640LBackground Patients suffering moderate or severe injury after low falls have higher readmission and long-term mortality rates compared to patients injured by high-velocity mechanisms such as motor vehicle accidents. We...