Housing as a social determinant of health in Singapore and its association with readmission risk and increased utilization of hospital services

• Main Authors: Lian Leng eLow (Author), Wah eWin (Author), Matthew Joo Ming eNg (Author), Shu Yun eTan (Author), Nan eLiu (Author), Kheng Hock eLee (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2016-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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AbstractBackground: Residence in public rental housing is an area-level measure of socioeconomic status but its impact as a social determinant of health in Singapore has not been studied. We therefore aimed to examine the association of public rental housing with readmission risk and increased utili...