J Am Pharm Assoc (2003)
November 2023
Background: Rural older adults are at risk of readmissions and medication-related problems after hospital discharge.
Objectives: This study aimed to compare 30-day hospital readmissions between participants and nonparticipants and describe medication therapy problems (MTPs) and barriers to care, self-management, and social needs among participants.
Practice Description: The Michigan Region VII Area Agency on Aging (AAA) Community Care Transition Initiative (CCTI) for rural older adults after hospitalization.
On March 17, 2020, a member of a Skagit County, Washington, choir informed Skagit County Public Health (SCPH) that several members of the 122-member choir had become ill. Three persons, two from Skagit County and one from another area, had test results positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Another 25 persons had compatible symptoms.
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September 2017
Purpose: Previous research on time trends of young people's mental health in Britain has produced conflicting findings: evidence for deterioration in mental health during the late 20th century followed by stability and slight improvement during the early 21st century is contrasted with evidence showing continued deterioration. The present study adds to the evidence base by assessing time trends in means, variances, and both low and high psychological distress scores covering a similar period.
Methods: GHQ-12 (Likert scale) was regressed on time (adjusting for age) using a sample of young people aged 16-24 between 1991 and 2008 from the British Household Panel Study.
Background: Social exclusion of the elderly is a key policy focus but evidence on the processes linking health and social exclusion is hampered by the variety of ways that health is used in social exclusion research. We investigated longitudinal associations between health and social exclusion using an analytical framework that did not conflate them.
Methods: Data employed in this study came from 4 waves of Understanding Society, the UK Household Longitudinal Study 2009-2013.
The low temperature microwave activation of biomass has been investigated as a novel, energy efficient route to bio-oils. The properties of the bio-oil produced were considered in terms of fuel suitability. Water content, elemental composition and calorific value have all been found to be comparable to and in many cases better than conventional pyrolysis oils.
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