Grace Sum
Biographic Data
| ID | 6774817 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Grace Sum |
| GIVEN NAMES | Grace |
| FAMILY NAME | Sum |
| SIGNATURE | SUM G |
| AFFILIATIONS | National University of Singapore |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0309-2700 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Barriers and enablers of a community-based integrated frailty and intrinsic capacity management for older adults
Introduction: Many evidence-based healthcare innovations do not produce anticipated outcomes due to failure in accounting for contextual factors. We engaged potential implementers of a community-based integrated frailty and intrinsic capacity management for older adults in Singapore (the Innovation) to elicit potential implementation barriers and enablers. Theory/Methods: The updated Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) and i…
An Integrated Patient-Centred Medical Home (PCMH) Care Model Reduces Prospective Healthcare Utilisation for Community-Dwelling Older Adults with Complex Needs
The global ageing population is associated with increased health service use. The PCMH care model integrates primary care and home-based care management to deliver comprehensive and personalised healthcare to community-dwelling older adults with bio-psycho-social needs. We examined if an integrated PCMH reduced healthcare utilisation burden of older persons in Singapore. We compared the healthcare utilisation between the intervention group and co…
The association between functional status and physical pain with depressive symptoms after a stroke event
Depressive symptoms are common amongst post-stroke patients in China and are significantly associated with functional disability and physical pain. Our findings have implications for practitioners on the early assessment of pain and depression after stroke. Future research should explore effective intervention measures for physical-mental stroke complications
A Patient-Centred Medical Home Care Model for Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Singapore
Patient-Centred Medical Home (PCMH) is a strategy to enhance patient-centredness to improve care experience. We aimed to understand patient experience of an integrated PCMH model for complex community-dwelling older adults in Singapore. We used a mixed-method design with a prospective single-group pre-post quantitative component and a concurrent qualitative component. Participants were administered the validated Consumer Assessment of Health Prov…
A first demonstration of the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) care model in Singapore
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021
The Impact of a Patient-Centred Medical Home (PCMH) on Healthcare Utilization of Complex Needs Patients in Singapore
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021
Urban-rural differences in the impacts of multiple chronic disease on functional limitations and work productivity among Chinese adults
BACKGROUND: Chronic disease multimorbidity has become a major challenge for health systems. While a lot of research has evaluated the direct economic burden of multimorbidity on health care utilization and cost, little attention has been given to the impacts on work productivity and functional limitations, as indirect indicators of disease burden. OBJECTIVES: This study aims to examine the prevalence of multimorbidity among Chinese adults and its…
Physical multimorbidity, health service use, and catastrophic health expenditure by socioeconomic groups in China
BACKGROUND: Multimorbidity, the presence of two or more mental or physical chronic non-communicable diseases, is a major challenge for the health system in China, which faces unprecedented ageing of its population. Here we examined the distribution of physical multimorbidity in relation to socioeconomic status; the association between physical multimorbidity, health-care service use, and catastrophic health expenditures; and whether these associa…
Patients with more comorbidities have better detection of chronic conditions, but poorer management and control
Patients with more comorbidities have better diagnosis of chronic conditions, but this does not translate into better management and control of these conditions. Patients with multiple NCDs are high users of health services and are at an increased risk of adverse health outcomes. Hence, improving their access to care is a priority for healthcare systems
Implications of multimorbidity patterns on health care utilisation and quality of life in middle-income countries
BACKGROUND: Past studies have demonstrated how single non-communicable diseases (NCDs) affect health care utilisation and quality of life (QoL), but not how different NCD combinations interact to affect these. Our study aims to investigate the prevalence of NCD dyad and triad combinations, and the implications of different NCD dyad combinations on health care utilisation and QoL. METHODS: Our study utilised cross-sectional data from the WHO SAGE …
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Implications of multimorbidity patterns on health care utilisation and quality of life in middle-income countries
BACKGROUND: Past studies have demonstrated how single non-communicable diseases (NCDs) affect health care utilisation and quality of life (QoL), but not how different NCD combinations interact to affect these. Our study aims to investigate the prevalence of NCD dyad and triad combinations, and the implications of different NCD dyad combinations on health care utilisation and QoL. METHODS: Our study utilised cross-sectional data from the WHO SAGE …
Physical multimorbidity, health service use, and catastrophic health expenditure by socioeconomic groups in China
BACKGROUND: Multimorbidity, the presence of two or more mental or physical chronic non-communicable diseases, is a major challenge for the health system in China, which faces unprecedented ageing of its population. Here we examined the distribution of physical multimorbidity in relation to socioeconomic status; the association between physical multimorbidity, health-care service use, and catastrophic health expenditures; and whether these associa…
Patients with more comorbidities have better detection of chronic conditions, but poorer management and control
Patients with more comorbidities have better diagnosis of chronic conditions, but this does not translate into better management and control of these conditions. Patients with multiple NCDs are high users of health services and are at an increased risk of adverse health outcomes. Hence, improving their access to care is a priority for healthcare systems
Urban-rural differences in the impacts of multiple chronic disease on functional limitations and work productivity among Chinese adults
BACKGROUND: Chronic disease multimorbidity has become a major challenge for health systems. While a lot of research has evaluated the direct economic burden of multimorbidity on health care utilization and cost, little attention has been given to the impacts on work productivity and functional limitations, as indirect indicators of disease burden. OBJECTIVES: This study aims to examine the prevalence of multimorbidity among Chinese adults and its…
The association between functional status and physical pain with depressive symptoms after a stroke event
Depressive symptoms are common amongst post-stroke patients in China and are significantly associated with functional disability and physical pain. Our findings have implications for practitioners on the early assessment of pain and depression after stroke. Future research should explore effective intervention measures for physical-mental stroke complications
A Patient-Centred Medical Home Care Model for Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Singapore
Patient-Centred Medical Home (PCMH) is a strategy to enhance patient-centredness to improve care experience. We aimed to understand patient experience of an integrated PCMH model for complex community-dwelling older adults in Singapore. We used a mixed-method design with a prospective single-group pre-post quantitative component and a concurrent qualitative component. Participants were administered the validated Consumer Assessment of Health Prov…
A first demonstration of the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) care model in Singapore
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021
The Impact of a Patient-Centred Medical Home (PCMH) on Healthcare Utilization of Complex Needs Patients in Singapore
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021
An Integrated Patient-Centred Medical Home (PCMH) Care Model Reduces Prospective Healthcare Utilisation for Community-Dwelling Older Adults with Complex Needs
The global ageing population is associated with increased health service use. The PCMH care model integrates primary care and home-based care management to deliver comprehensive and personalised healthcare to community-dwelling older adults with bio-psycho-social needs. We examined if an integrated PCMH reduced healthcare utilisation burden of older persons in Singapore. We compared the healthcare utilisation between the intervention group and co…
Barriers and enablers of a community-based integrated frailty and intrinsic capacity management for older adults
Introduction: Many evidence-based healthcare innovations do not produce anticipated outcomes due to failure in accounting for contextual factors. We engaged potential implementers of a community-based integrated frailty and intrinsic capacity management for older adults in Singapore (the Innovation) to elicit potential implementation barriers and enablers. Theory/Methods: The updated Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) and i…
Medicine (10 works) · Chronic Disease Management Strategies (6 works) · Health care (6 works) · Gerontology (5 works) · Environmental health (4 works) · Healthcare Systems and Reforms (4 works) · Comorbidity (3 works) · Cross-sectional study (3 works) · Demography (3 works) · Family medicine (3 works)