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FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS: AFFORDABLE CO-OP SHAREHOLDER MORTGAGESThe New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) is the largest municipal housing agency in the nation. HPD promotes quality housing and thriving neighborhoods through the implementation of affordable housing preservation and …
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Evaluation of officer-involved domestic violence policy and implementationNew York State does not currently have a mandatory statewide policy for Officer-Involved Domestic Violence (OIDV). A strong domestic violence policy holds all domestic violence offenders accountable for their abusive behaviors, while prioritizing the …
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Option for Doctoral Research and Residence with NYU ShanghaiNYU Wagner, in partnership with NYU Shanghai, invites applications from exceptional students for PhD study and research in Public Administration. Participating students are enrolled in NYU Wagner's Public Administration PhD program , complete their …
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State Cannabis Laws and Substance Use Disorder Treatment Admissions In 2017, over 70,000 Americans died from drug overdose. An emerging body of research suggests that medical cannabis (MC) legalization policies can serve as a response to the opioid epidemic and are associated with decreases in overdose death, opioid …
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Hearing the Virtual Voice of the PatientNew York-Presbyterian Hospital (NYP) currently mails satisfaction surveys to patients in order to guide service-improvement efforts. Seeking to increase the number of patients surveyed and hear the voice of as many patients as possible, NYP had planned to …
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Crowdsourcing Alumni EngagementUniversities face an ongoing struggle to keep alumni active and engaged in the academic and social community. Alumni are a strong source of support to universities through donations, job referrals, networking and mentorship. The Capstone team endeavored …
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Intervening Pre-Admission for Elective Bariatric SurgeryNew York-Presbyterian (NYP) strives to ensure that patients are discharged in the safest and timeliest manner possible. When a hospital fails to effectively coordinate discharges, negative outcomes can occur including increases in the length of stay …
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NYU Wagner Professor Robertson Work Facilitates UN Task Team WorkshopNYU Wagner Adjunct Professor Robertson Work recently facilitated a two-day participatory workshop for the UN Task Team of Habitat III , the UN’s upcoming global conference on sustainable urban development. On April 14-15 , Professor Work led the …
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How Microfinance Really WorksAbout half of the world’s adults lack bank accounts. Most of these “unbanked” are deemed too expensive to serve, or not worth the hassle created by banking regulations. But what may be good business from a banker’s perspective isn’t necessarily what’s …
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Emergency Department Use in New York City: A Substitute for Primary Care?For the uninsured and many low-income people, hospital emergency departments (EDs) are a crucial entryway to the health care system. New York City's uninsured-27 percent of the nonelderly population in 1998, up from 20 percent in 1990-rely heavily on the …
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Contribution of Primary Care to Health Systems and HealthEvidence of the health-promoting influence of primary care has been accumulating ever since researchers have been able to distinguish primary care from other aspects of the health services delivery system. This evidence shows that primary care helps …
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The Behavioral Dimension of Governing Inter-Organizational Goal Directed Networks: Managing the Unity/Diversity TensionNetwork management research documents how network members engage in activities to advance their own goals. However, this literature offers little insight into the nature of work that aims to advance the goals of the network as a “whole.” By examining the …
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Fiscal Decentralization and Intergovernmental Relations in Developing Countries: Navigating a Viable Path to ReformThe trend toward greater decentralization of governance activities, now accepted as commonplace in the West, has become a worldwide movement. Today s world demands flexibility, adaptability, and the autonomy to bring those qualities to bear. In this …
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The utility of social capital in studies on health determinantsSocial capital has become a popular subject in the literature on determinants of health. The concept of social capital has been used in the sociological, political science, and economic development literatures, as well as in the health inequalities …
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Primary care impact on health outcomes: A literature reviewEvidence of the health-promoting influence of primary care has been accumulating ever since researchers have been able to distinguish primary care from other aspects of the health services delivery system. This evidence shows that primary care helps …
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Cost Accounting for Health Care Organizations: Concepts and ApplicationsCost Accounting for Health Care Organizations: Concepts and Applications and Essentials of Cost Accounting for Health Care Organizations (companion book) provide a thorough coverage of cost accounting from a health care perspective. They cover all of the …
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The Validity of Hospital Administrative Data in Monitoring Variations in Breast Cancer SurgeryTo assess the validity of using hospital administrative data to measure variations in surgery for early-stage breast cancer, ICD-9-CM coded information was compared with corresponding tumor registry data for 1293 breast cancer patients undergoing …
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Reorganizing Primary Care at Mount Sinai HospitalManagers of a healthcare organization have numerous demands on their time, their skills, their knowledge, and their budgets. They are responsible for adapting to change, managing their office, making effective decisions, among countless other tasks. This …
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A pedagogical model for increasing race-related multicultural counseling competencyResearch suggests advances in students’ multicultural competence following multicultural counseling training. Increasingly, however, multicultural counseling courses have emphasized self awareness, which has increased the affective demands of these …
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Does the Built Environment Affect the Utility of Walking? A Case of Path Choice in Downtown Boston.There is a lack of consensus as to whether the relationship between the built environment and travel is causal and, if it is, the extent of this causality. This problem is largely caused by inappropriate research designs adopted in many studies. This …
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Microfinance and Social InvestmentThis paper puts a corporate finance lens on microfinance. Microfinance aims to democratize global financial markets through new contracts, organizations, and technology. We explain the roles that government agencies and socially-minded investors play in …
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Sensegiving and the Role of Cognitive Shifts In the Work of LeadershipSensegiving -- shaping how people understand themselves, their work, and others engaged in that work -- is critical to the work of organizational leadership. We propose the cognitive shift, a change in how an organizational audience understands an …
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Toward a More Public Discussion of the Ethics of Federal Social Program EvaluationFederal social program evaluation has blossomed over the past quarter century. Despite this growth, there has been little accompanying public debate on research ethics. This essay explores the origins and the implications of this relative silence on …
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The Relationship of Sustainability to TelecommunicationsAlthough telecommunications networks are central to modern urban life, scholars and policymakers have largely ignored the relationship of sustainability to telecommunications. Telecommunications can affect sustainability as a result of the complex, …