02
November
2015
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22:57
Asia/Singapore
Patients gain from new focus on home care
Assoc Prof Gerald Koh from the NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health and NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine opined that what is needed in Singapore's home-care system is a shift from a hospital bed-occupancy model to a community-based model that rewards prevention of unnecessary readmissions and quality home care.