Publications by authors named "Charmaine S Ng"
Objectives: To estimate the 3-month direct and indirect costs associated with osteoporotic fractures from both the hospital's and patient's perspectives in Singapore and to compare the cost between acute and prevalent osteoporotic fractures.
Methods: Resource use and expenditure data were collected using interviewer-administered questionnaires at baseline and at a 3-month follow-up between July 2013 and January 2014. Estimated osteoporotic fracture-related costs included hospitalizations, accident and emergency room visits, outpatient physician visits, laboratory tests, medications, transportation, health care and community services, special equipment and home/car modifications, and productivity loss.
Background: Globally, stroke is recognized as one of the main causes of long-term disability, accounting for approximately 5·7 million deaths each year. It is a debilitating and costly chronic condition that consumes about 2-4% of total healthcare expenditure.
Aims: To estimate the direct medical cost associated with stroke in Singapore in 2012 and to determine associated predictors.
Cost-of-illness studies of diabetes mellitus: a systematic review.
Diabetes Res Clin Pract
August 2014
Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is recognised as a major health problem.
Objectives: The aims of this study are two-fold: (1) to describe the methods used in the identified cost-of-illness (COI) studies of DM and (2) to summarise their study findings regarding the economic impact of DM.
Methods: This is a systematic review of MEDLINE and Scopus journal articles reporting the cost of type 1 and/or 2 DM that were published in English from 2007 to 2011.
Objective: The present study aimed to assess complementary feeding practices and identify the potential risk factors associated with inappropriate complementary feeding in Indonesia for a nationally representative sample of births from 2004 to 2007.
Design: The data source for the analysis was the 2007 Indonesia Demographic and Health Survey. Multiple logistic regression was performed to analyse the factors associated with complementary feeding, using individual-, household- and community-level determinants.