Introduction It is well-established that low socioeconomic status (SES) influences one's
health status, morbidity and mortality. Housing type has been used as an indicator of SES …

Improved upstream primary prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) would enable more
individuals to lead lives free of CVD. However, there remain limitations in the current …

Abstract Background/Objective To examine the association between the social frailty (SF)
phenotype and functional disability, independently of the physical frailty (PF) phenotype, and …

Housing is a paradigmatic example of a social determinant of health, as it influences and is
influenced by structural determinants, such as social, macroeconomic, and public policies …

Background Few empirical studies support a bio-psycho-social conceptualization of frailty. In
addition to physical frailty (PF), we explored mental (MF) and social (SF) frailty and studied …

Hospitals become more involved in the development of the healthy community and are
usually important factors influencing housing values. Proximity to hospitals has been found …

Introduction: Hospital-at-home programmes are well described in the literature but not in
Asia. We describe a home-based inpatient substitutive care programme in Singapore, with …

INTRODUCTION: Elderly persons who live alone are more likely to be socially isolated and
at increased risk of adverse health outcomes, unnecessary hospital re-admissions and …

Background Planned gene therapies for retinitis pigmentosa (RP) depend on viable
photoreceptors for efficacy. Understanding disease severity at presentation, and drivers that …

Background While socioeconomic position (SEP) is consistently related to pregnancy and
birth outcome disparities, relevant biological mechanisms are manifold, thus necessitating …