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

Geriatric Education and Research Institute

Status: Completed

Conditions: Costs and Cost Analysis; Delivery of Health Care; Quality of Life; Health Services

Treatments: Other: Patient-centred care home (PCMH)

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04594967

2017/00352

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study evaluates the Community for Successful Ageing (ComSA) Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH), a model of community-based primary care geriatric hub at Whampoa, Singapore.

Full description

This study evaluates the Community for Successful Ageing (ComSA) Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH), a model of community-based primary care geriatric hub at Whampoa, Singapore. This study aims to evaluate the impact of ComSA PCMH on health service utilisation, healthcare cost, clinical quality and effectiveness, as well as patient activation, quality of life, satisfaction and experience of care. The first component of the study is a single arm prospective pre-post cohort design, which aims to evaluate the impact on enrolled patients' self-reported health outcomes, experience of care, and cost effectiveness. The second component of the study evaluates the quality of the implementation processes via clinical quality indicators. The third component is a match-controlled retrospective pre-post study design, which aims to evaluate the impact on healthcare utilisation. Data sources include both survey data and administrative data.

Enrollment: 184 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40 to 99 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Key inclusion criteria:

i. Aged 40 years and above ii. Lives in Whampoa, Singapore iii. Enrolled in PCMH after 1 September 2017

Exclusion criteria:

i. Aged less than 40 years ii. Does not live in Whampoa Singapore