Government public housing health needs assessment: focus on race, ethnicity, and the older adult: background, methods, and demographics.

St. Vincent's Catholic Medical Centers of New York initiated a study in 2009 to assess the health needs of residents of New York City (NYC) municipal housing at the Robert Fulton public housing complex in Manhattan. The aim of this project was to provide valid data on perceived health services needs of the residents of a NYC housing project.

Code status decision-making in a nursing home population: processes and outcomes.

Objectives: To examine the clinical utility of prehospital code status discussions in a nursing home (NH) setting and the health care outcomes of the decisions made. Also to identify patient factors and other variables associated with these decisions.

Design: Retrospective uncontrolled observational study carried out through record review.