Demographical information and pre-enrolment healthcare utilisation and costs of patients enrolled in the NUHS TCP (intervention group) and their matched controls (control group)
| Interventionn=270 | Control n=270 | |
| Age, mean (SD) | 72.3 (15.6) | 73.0 (13.4) |
| Gender, n (%) | ||
| Female | 160 (59.3%) | 165 (61.1%) |
| Male | 110 (40.7%) | 105 (38.9%) |
| Race, n (%) | ||
| Chinese | 184 (68.2%) | 187 (69.3%) |
| Malay | 52 (19.3%) | 46 (17%) |
| Indian | 21 (7.8%) | 22 (8.2%) |
| Others | 13 (4.8%) | 15 (5.6%) |
| Housing type, n (%) | ||
| 1- or 2-bedroom | 5 (1.9%) | 7 (2.6%) |
| 3-bedroom | 48 (17.8%) | 65 (24.1%) |
| 4-bedroom | 104 (38.5%) | 91 (33.7%) |
| 5-bedroom/executive | 62 (23%) | 47 (17.4%) |
| Private/others | 51 (18.9%) | 60 (22.2%) |
| Comorbidities, n (%) | ||
| Asthma | 22 (8.1%) | 28 (10.4%) |
| Diabetes | 151 (55.9%) | 147 (54.4%) |
| Hyperlipidaemia | 227 (84.1%) | 223 (82.6%) |
| Hypertension | 222 (82.2%) | 223 (82.6%) |
| Atrial fibrillation | 71 (26.3%) | 64 (23.7%) |
| Heart failure | 69 (25.6%) | 66 (24.4%) |
| Stroke | 113 (41.9%) | 119 (44.1%) |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 9 (3.3%) | 13 (4.8%) |
| Chronic kidney disease | 142 (52.6%) | 144 (53.3%) |
| Coronary heart disease | 98 (36.3%) | 100 (37.0%) |
| Osteoporosis | 40 (14.8%) | 50 (18.5%) |
| Spine fracture | 27 (10.0%) | 30 (11.1%) |
| Hip fracture | 20 (7.4%) | 24 (8.9%) |
| Pre-enrolment hospital utilisation frequencies, mean (SD) | ||
| All-cause admissions | 2.43 (1.98) | 2.28 (1.62) |
| Emergency admissions | 2.13 (1.65) | 2.02 (1.49) |
| Emergency department attendances | 2.30 (1.80) | 2.15 (1.69) |
| SOC attendances | 5.20 (5.78) | 4.74 (5.81) |
| All-cause admissions LOS | 24.39 (32.15) | 22.83 (31.04) |
| Pre-enrolment healthcare utilisation charges ($), mean (SD) | ||
| All-cause admission charges | 25 779 (34 929) | 24 936 (39 216) |
| Emergency admission charges | 23 201 (32 970) | 22 674 (37 522) |
| Emergency department attendance charges | 810 (620) | 766 (613) |
| SOC attendance charges | 713 (803) | 574 (1144) |
LOS, length of stay; NUHS TCP, National University Health System Transitional Care Programme; SOC, specialist outpatient clinic.