At the Intersection of Homeless Encampments and Heroin Addiction: Service Use Barriers, Facilitators, and Recommendations from the City of Philadelphia’s Encampment Resolution Pilot

AIM: This study aims to assess the life quality of a group of elderly people linked to a health plan in the city of São Paulo and to verify which variables affect this construct. METHODS: This is an exploratory cross-sectional study carried out in 2017 with a group of elderly people over 60 years of age and without cognitive deficits, linked to a health plan operator, all residents of the city of São Paulo, SP. The WHOQOL-BREF and WHOQOL-Old self-filled questionnaires were applied and the elderly participants also answered questionnaires relating to sociodemographic, morbidities and the usage of services developed by the researchers. RESULTS: The research group evaluates their quality of life as good and is satisfied with their health, but some points stand out. For said group, living by themselves, having cardiocirculatory diseases or having more than one chronic disease influenced negatively their quality of life, whereas being in a stable unionship and having access to consultations with intervals below six months interfered positively. It was observed that the group was concerned about issues related to independence, communication capacity, social life, and death. The environment and intimacy were shown as highlights for this group. CONCLUSIONS: It was verified in this group of elderly people that the best quality of life performance was obtained in the Environment and Social Relations domains and in the Intimacy and Past, Present and Future aspects. In addition, sociodemographic, morbidity and health service use variables significantly affected this construct. The characteristics of the research group do not allow us to generalize the findings, but it is hoped to have contributed with the look on a group as diverse as the Brazilian elderly.

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Prevalence of Mental Health and Addiction Service use Prior to and During Incarceration in Provincial Jails in Ontario, Canada: A Retrospective Cohort Study

The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry ◽

10.1177/07067437211055414 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 070674372110554

Author(s):

Paul Kurdyak ◽

Erik L Friesen ◽

Jesse T Young ◽

Rohan Borschmann ◽

Javaid Iqbal ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Mental Illness ◽

Service Use ◽

Psychiatric Hospitalization ◽

Outpatient Visit ◽

Care Physician ◽

Related Services ◽

High Prevalence ◽

Addiction Service ◽

Related Service

Objective Individuals with mental illness and addiction are overrepresented in prisons. Few studies have assessed mental health and addiction (MHA)-related service use among individuals experiencing incarceration using health administrative data and most focus on service use after prison release. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of MHA-related service use in the 5 years prior to and during incarceration. Methods We used linked correctional and administrative health data for people released from Ontario provincial jails in 2010. MHA-related service use in the 5 years prior to the index incarceration was categorized hierarchically into four mutually exclusive categories based on the type of service use: psychiatric hospitalization, MHA-related emergency department (ED) visit, MHA-related outpatient visit (from psychiatrist or primary care physician), and no MHA-related service use. Demographic, diagnostic, and incarceration characteristics were compared across the four service use categories. MHA-related service use during the index incarceration was assessed by category and length of incarceration. Results A total of 48,917 individuals were included. Prior to incarceration, 6,116 (12.5%) had a psychiatric hospitalization, 8,837 (18.1%) had an MHA-related ED visit, and 15,866 (32.4%) had an MHA-related outpatient visit. Of the individuals with any MHA-related service prior to incarceration, 60.4% did not receive outpatient care from a psychiatrist prior to incarceration and 65.6% did not receive MHA-related care during incarceration. Conclusion Despite a high prevalence of mental illness and addiction among people experiencing incarceration, access to and use of MHA-related care prior to and during incarceration is poor. Increasing the accessibility and use of MHA-related services throughout the criminal justice pathway is warranted.

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Effect of a Psychiatric Emergency Department Expansion on Acute Mental Health and Addiction Service Use Trends in a Large Urban Center

Psychiatric Services ◽

10.1176/appi.ps.201900112 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 70 (11) ◽

pp. 1053-1056

Author(s):

Nadine Reid ◽

Saulo Castel ◽

Scott Veldhuizen ◽

Adair Roberts ◽

Vicky Stergiopoulos

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Emergency Department ◽

Service Use ◽

Psychiatric Emergency ◽

Urban Center ◽

Addiction Service

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Pengaruh Parsial dan Simultan Variabel Bebas terhadap Kepuasan Pelanggan Transportasi Online Kota Palembang

Jurnal Teknologi Informasi dan Ilmu Komputer ◽

10.25126/jtiik.2019651175 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 6 (5) ◽

pp. 549

Author(s):

Kurniati Kurniati

Keyword(s):

Customer Satisfaction ◽

Service Use ◽

Smart Phone ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Survey Method ◽

Business Services ◽

Transportation Services ◽

City Community ◽

The People ◽

The City

Bisnis jasa berbasis online semakin berkembang dalam memenuhi kebutuhan hidup masyarakat. Hal terpenting dari penerapan bisnis ini adalah menciptakan kepuasan terhadap konsumen. Transportasi online merupakan salah satu bisnis yang berkembang pesat di kalangan masyarakat kota Palembang dalam dua tahun terakhir ini. Dimana dalam penerapannya, pengguna harus terlebih dahulu melakukan download dan install aplikasi melalui aplikasi play store menggunakan smart phone android. Masyarakat kota Palembang untuk saat ini telah banyak menggunakan aplikasi GO-JEK dan aplikasi GRAB. Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk mengukur pengaruh kualitas layanan dan harga terhadap kepuasan pelanggan transportasi online masyarakat kota Palembang. Dengan demikian penulis dapat mengetahui pengaruh secara parsial dan simultan terhadap kepuasan pelanggan jasa transportasi online pada konsumen aplikasi GO-JEK terhadap prosfek jasa transportasi online di kota Palembang. Teknik nonprobability sampling dengan menggunakan pendekatan accidental sampling menggunakan metode survei melalui angket yang diisi oleh responden untuk melihat pengaruh parsial dan simultan pada dua variabel terhadap keputusan penggunaan layanan. AbstractOnline-based business services are growing in meeting the needs of people's lives. The most important goal of this business is to create customer satisfaction. Online transportation is one of the fastest growing business among the people of Palembang city in the last two years. Where in the application, the user must first download and install the application through the application play store using smart phone android. The people of Palembang city to date have been using many applications of GO-JEK and GRAB applications. This study was conducted to measure the effect of service quality and price on customer satisfaction of online transportation of Palembang city community. Thus the authors can know the effect of partial and simultaneous on customer satisfaction of online transportation services on consumer applications GO-JEK against prosfek online transportation services in the city of Palembang. Nonprobability sampling technique using accidental sampling approach using survey method through questionnaire filled by respondent to see partial and simultaneous influence on two variables to service use decision.

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Analysis of In-Vehicle Warning System for Rail-Road Level Crossings: Case Study in the City of Thessaloniki, Greece

Periodica Polytechnica Transportation Engineering ◽

10.3311/pptr.14892 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 49 (1) ◽

pp. 42-59

Author(s):

Anastasios Skoufas ◽

Socrates Basbas ◽

Josep Maria Salanova Grau ◽

Georgia Aifadopoulou

Keyword(s):

Service Use ◽

Warning System ◽

Transport Systems ◽

Intelligent Transport Systems ◽

Level Crossing ◽

Driving Dynamic ◽

Taxi Drivers ◽

Intelligent Transport ◽

The Impact ◽

The City

The present research has investigated the impact of a Cooperative – Intelligent Transport Systems service for increasing Rail – Road Level Crossing safety, in terms of driving dynamic of the taxi drivers who used the service at the city of Thessaloniki, Greece. The Cooperative – Intelligent Transport Systems service informed drivers when approaching a Rail – Road Level Crossing, through 6 different paths, at the western area of the city of Thessaloniki. The results were yielded after comparing two datasets concerning the use of the Cooperative – Intelligent Transport Systems service by 168 taxi drivers for 28 days and without the use of the Cooperative – Intelligent Transport Systems service by 15 taxi drivers for 25 days. Even if conclusions are contrasting for the different types of the Rail – Road Level Crossing transits, the findings highlight a relation between speed reduction with types of transits whose first road segment is rectilinear, during Cooperative – Intelligent Transport Systems service use, while minor differentiations are noticed for Rail – Road Level Crossing transits with sharp turns and stop signs.

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Hospitals: N.Y. Appellate Court Denies Move to Privatize Public Hospital

The Journal of Law Medicine & Ethics ◽

10.1017/s1073110500012961 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 27 (2) ◽

pp. 202-203

Author(s):

Robert Chatham

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

New York City ◽

York City ◽

Public Health System ◽

Municipal Hospital ◽

The Public ◽

Public Benefit ◽

For Profit ◽

Benefit Corporation ◽

The City

The Court of Appeals of New York held, in Council of the City of New York u. Giuliani, slip op. 02634, 1999 WL 179257 (N.Y. Mar. 30, 1999), that New York City may not privatize a public city hospital without state statutory authorization. The court found invalid a sublease of a municipal hospital operated by a public benefit corporation to a private, for-profit entity. The court reasoned that the controlling statute prescribed the operation of a municipal hospital as a government function that must be fulfilled by the public benefit corporation as long as it exists, and nothing short of legislative action could put an end to the corporation's existence.In 1969, the New York State legislature enacted the Health and Hospitals Corporation Act (HHCA), establishing the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) as an attempt to improve the New York City public health system. Thirty years later, on a renewed perception that the public health system was once again lacking, the city administration approved a sublease of Coney Island Hospital from HHC to PHS New York, Inc. (PHS), a private, for-profit entity.

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ASHA Convention 2013

ASHA Leader ◽

10.1044/leader.an11.18072013.46 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 18 (7) ◽

pp. 46-48

Keyword(s):

Ice Cream ◽

Annual Convention ◽

The City ◽

Rich History

This year's Annual Convention features some sweet new twists like ice cream and free wi-fi. But it also draws on a rich history as it returns to Chicago, the city where the association's seeds were planted way back in 1930. Read on through our special convention section for a full flavor of can't-miss events, helpful tips, and speakers who remind why you do what you do.

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