Inner city tuberculosis and immunization policy.

Inner city tuberculosis and immunization policy.

Asian children, excluding recently arrived immigrants, had a similar incidence of tuberculosis to white children in Leeds from 1982-6. Children living in the urban priority area were 2.6 times more likely to develop tuberculosis than those living elsewhere. Selection for infant BCG immunisation should not depend on ethnic group alone.

Increasing immunization rates among inner-city, African American children. A randomized trial of case management.

CONTEXT Immunization rates in the inner city remain lower than in the general US population, but efforts to raise immunization levels in inner-city areas have been largely untested. OBJECTIVE To assess the effectiveness of case management in raising immunization levels among infants of inner-city, African American families. DESIGN Randomized controlled trial with follow-up through 1 year of...

City, ICT and Policy

New technologies tend to exert a profound influence on modern city life. This paper addresses the role of information and communication technologies (ICT) in the city. After a broad overview of the potential of ICT in a geographical setting and its possible impact on urban policy in regard to the ICT sector, the paper focusses attention on urban public policy in regard to the ICT sector. This s...

703Osteoarticular Tuberculosis in an Inner City University Medical Center: Epidemiology and Outcomes

Evaluation of telemetry utilization, policy, and outcomes in an inner-city academic medical center.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the appropriateness and intermediate outcomes of telemetry admissions. METHODS We abstracted demographic and clinical data from records of all new telemetry admissions during a 2-month period. To determine appropriateness, 2 authors classified patients using the American College of Cardiology (ACC) guidelines and our telemetry policy. Other utilization and outcome measur...