Bai Li, Yi-Te Hsu, Frank Rudzicz. Proceedings of the 2019 Conference of the North American Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics: Human Language Technologies, Volume 1 (Long and Short Papers). 2019.
OBJECTIVE To estimate the rates of diabetes complications and revascularization procedures among people with diabetes who have experienced homelessness compared with a matched cohort of nonhomeless control subjects. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A propensity-matched cohort study was conducted using administrative health data from Ontario, Canada. Inclusion criteria included a diagnosis of diabetes and at least one hospital encounter between April 2006 and March 2019. Homeless status was identified using a validated administrative data algorithm. Eligible people with a history of homelessness were matched to nonhomeless control subjects with similar sociodemographic and clinical characteristics. Rate ratios (RRs) for macrovascular complications, revascularization procedures, acute glycemic emergencies, skin/soft tissue infections, and amputation were calculated using generalized linear models with negative binomial distribution and robust SEs. RESULTS Of 1,076,437 people who were eligible for inclusion in the study, 6,944 were identified as homeless. A suitable nonhomeless match was found for 5,219 individuals. The rate of macrovascular complications was higher for people with a history of homelessness compared with nonhomeless control subjects (RR 1.85, 95% CI 1.64–2.07), as were rates of hospitalization for glycemia (RR 5.64, 95% CI 4.07–7.81) and skin/soft tissue infections (RR 3.78, 95% CI 3.31–4.32). By contrast, the rates of coronary revascularization procedures were lower for people with a history of homelessness (RR 0.76, 95% CI 0.62–0.94). CONCLUSIONS These findings contribute to our understanding of the impact of homelessness on long-term diabetes outcomes. The higher rates of complications among people with a history of homelessness present an opportunity for tailored interventions to mitigate these disparities.
In the researches of second language acquisition (SLA) field,many aspects have been studied to explain and analyze learner’s interlanguage. This study based on the writing materials of two non-native learners of English tries to do find and discuss some features of SLA,especially Interlanguage. The point it focuses on is tense-aspect,to be more specific,the past tense. Some errors will be analyzed and classified with some modest explanations and solutions of these errors in learner language.
To describe family physicians who primarily practise in a walk-in clinic setting and compare them with family physicians who provide longitudinal care.
Primary care access is a key health system metric, but little research has compared models to provide primary care access when one's regular physician is not available. We compared health system use after a visit with a patient's own family physician group (ie, within-group physician who was not the patient's primary physician) vs a visit with a walk-in clinic physician who was not part of the patient's family physician group.
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