Health service use and predictors of high health service use among adults experiencing homelessness: a retrospective cohort study.

Objective: To describe the characteristics and cost of health service use of a cohort of 2,140 people attending homeless hostel clinics, and identify predictors of high health service use and time to readmission.

Method: A retrospective cohort study of 2,140 adults who attended a homeless hostel clinic and were hospitalised in New South Wales (NSW) using linked clinic, health and mortality data from 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2021. Multivariable logistic regression examined predictors of high health service users.

Overdose Risk and Client Characteristics Associated With the Injection of Buprenorphine at a Medically Supervised Injecting Center in Sydney, Australia.

: Buprenorphine and buprenorphine/naloxone (BNX) were developed to improve the safety profile of opioid substitution treatment (OST) and reduce diversion and injection, yet continue to be injected, despite the risk of harm. Previous studies examining injection of these substances have relied on self-reported injection and overdose. Using data from the Uniting Medically Supervised Injecting Center (MSIC) in Sydney, this study aimed to assess the overdose risk associated with the use of buprenorphine and BNX and identify factors associated with injecting.

An audit of assessment and outcome of intervention at a quit smoking clinic in a homeless hostel.

Objective: We aim to report on smoking history, mental and physical health, and the results of interventions provided by a Quit Smoking Clinic (QSC) at a Sydney homeless men's shelter.

Methods: We undertook an audit of questionnaires administered during the first QSC visit and a review of outcomes of QSC clients who attended the clinic more than once.

Results: A total of 144 men were assessed at the QSC, with mean age 45.

Accuracy of a hybrid finite-element method for solving a scattering Schrödinger equation.

This hybrid method [finite-element discrete variable representation (FE-DVR)], introduced by Resigno and McCurdy [Phys. Rev. A 62, 032706 (2000)], uses Lagrange polynomials in each partition, rather than "hat" functions or Gaussian functions.