The social determinants of chronic disease management: Perspectives of elderly patients with hypertension from low socio-economic background in Singapore

• Main Authors: Tan, S.T, Quek, R.Y.C, Haldane, V, Koh, J.J.K, Han, E.K.L, Ong, S.E, Chuah, F.L.H, Legido-Quigley, H
• Other Authors: SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
• Format: Article
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: adult; aged; Article; attitude to illness; built environment; Chinese (language); clinical article; community care; educational status; employment; English (language); environmental factor; ethnic group; female; financial deficit; health care access; health care need; healthy lifestyle; human; hypertension; interview; lifestyle modification; Malay (language); male; patient compliance; physical mobility; priority journal; professional-patient relationship; purposive sample; qualitative research; safety net hospital; Singapore; social behavior; social determinants of health; social status; therapy delay; chronic disease; lifestyle; middle aged; socioeconomics; very elderly; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Chronic Disease; Ethnic Groups; Female; Humans; Hypertension; Life Style; Male; Middle Aged; Social Determinants of Health; Socioeconomic Factors
• Online Access: https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/175345
• Institution: National University of Singapore

10.1186/s12939-018-0897-7