Dr. Ong Siew Chin

CONTACT

Address: Block J04, Room 101C, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Contact No.: 604-6533888 Ext. 4725

Email : siewchinong@usm.my

EXPERTISE

Pharmacoeconomic, economic evaluation, health services research, quality of life and pharmacy practice.

RESEARCH INTEREST

• Pharmacoeconomics and outcomes research, in particular evaluations of clinical safety and efficacy, comparative effectiveness, health-related quality of life, epidemiology, decision sciences, and health services research.

CONSULTATION

Pharmacoeconomics and outcomes research, in particular:

• Health-related quality-of-life studies.
• Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of questionnaires.
• Cost analysis & cost-of-illness studies.
• Cost-effectiveness & cost-utility analyses.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

1. Ong SC, Lee VTW, Chow WL, Lim J, Tong SC, Kee TYS, Madhavan K. Is simultaneous pancreas kidney transplant the most cost-effective treatment for Type 1 diabetes patients with renal failure? A cost-utility analysis. Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare, 2016; 25(2) 127–134.
2. Ong SC, van der Erf S, Chow WL, Joshi VD, Lim J, Lim C, Tee PS, Lu YM, Kee TYS. What Factors Really Matter? Health-related Quality of Life for Patients on Kidney Transplant Waiting List. Ann Acad Med Singapore, 2013; 42(12): 657-66.
3. Ong SC, Gan HW, Wong WP, Chow WL, Ang SY, Tan SY, Lim JFY. Outcomes and Cost Evaluation of Cardiac Rehabilitation for Patients with Chronic Heart Failure. Ann Acad Med Singapore 2011, 40 (Suppl) No. 11, S180.
4. Ong SC, Lim SG, Li SC. Reliability and Validity of a Chinese Version’s Health-related Quality of Life Questionnaire for Hepatitis B Patients. Value in Health, 2010; 13 (2): 24-327.
5. Ong SC, Lim SG, Li SC. Cultural Adaptation and Validation of a Questionnaire for Used in Hepatitis B Patients. Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 2009; 16: 272–278.
6. Ong SC, Lim SG, Li SC. How Big is the Financial Burden of Hepatitis B to Society? A Cost-of-illness Study of Hepatitis B Infection in Singapore. Journal of Viral Hepatitis 2009; 16: 53–63.
7. Ong SC, Mak B, Aung MO, Li SC, Lim SG. Health Related Quality of Life in Chronic Hepatitis B Patients. Hepatology 2008;47:1108-1117.
8. Li SC, Ong SC, Lim SG, Yeoh KG et al. A Cost Comparison of Management of Chronic Hepatitis B and Its Associated Complications in Hong Kong and Singapore. Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology 2004; 38 (10), supplement 3:S136-S143.
9. Ong SC. “A Chinese Hepatitis B Health-related Quality of Life Questionnaire”. Value in Health Press Release, September 2009.