Disease relevance of Public Assistance

• Logistic regression and test-retest reliability were performed using the SAS System. Factors associated with emergency room use included income from public assistance sources, ever using other opiates, income less than 500 dollars in the last month, reporting White race/ethnicity, and HIV positive serostatus [1].

Psychiatry related information on Public Assistance

• Advanced age, public assistance, caffeine use, smoking, and elevated TWEAK and CESD scores predicted elevations in alcohol consumption rates [2].

High impact information on Public Assistance

• Values for six SES indicators (crowding, income, poverty, public assistance, unemployment, and education) were assigned to U.S. TB cases reported from 1987-1993 by ZIP code- and demographic-specific matching to 1990 U.S. Census data [3].
• After families had received their public assistance and Food Stamp allotments for the month, a 24-hour recall was obtained each week from each family member so that food intake could be monitored from the recalls as food-buying resources were depleted [4].
• This article explores the impact of recent changes in welfare policy on public assistance recipients who are in methadone maintenance treatment, from the perspective of methadone service providers [5].
• Relative to the preceding two years, new clients during the grant period were significantly more likely to be 41 or older, African-American, unemployed, daily opioid users, daily cocaine users, and dependent on public assistance to finance treatment [6].

Associations of Public Assistance with chemical compounds

• Many were dependent on public assistance for living expenses, methadone treatment, and medical care [7].

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