The ComSA Patient-Centered Care (COPACC) Study: Utilization, Health and Economic Evaluation of a Community-Based Primary Care Geriatric Hub at Whampoa

Objective

To evaluate the effectiveness of ComSA Hua Mei Clinic Whampoa which provides a new model of a centre-based primary care for complex and frail older adults aged 40 years and above. The new model of care uses a patient-centred care approach and care management for patients referred by partnering primary care providers and an acute hospital. This service integrates, at a single centre, the provision of primary care with psycho-social needs assessment to address the issues of complex care as well as preventive health for complex older patients.

Collaborators

1. NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Policy

2. Tsao Foundation

3. MOH

4. NHG