Papers by Hugo Barrionuevo
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PubMed, Mar 22, 2006
In our country, the lack of necessary information to assess health - assistance systems, programs... more In our country, the lack of necessary information to assess health - assistance systems, programs, and services highlights the need to develop and implement a set of indicators that provides relevant, reliable and in - time information. The present paper proposes a basic set of indicators for inpatient - psychiatric services (CIB - IP), which helps assess their accessibility and performance. Each of the proposed indicators is described, together with its convenience and limitations. The assessment of specific - policy impact, program monitoring, epidemiologic surveillance, accessibility improvement, resource planning, program - coverage design, and quotation can be supported by this set of indicators. As relevant characteristics we highlight its reliability, timing convenience, feasibility, and low - cost operation. Its implementation can provide relevant information in a relatively short term. Thus, we recommend the immediate implementation of this indicator set.
IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 2019
Multi- walled carbon nanotubes were synthesized by catalytic chemical flame deposition CCFD by ma... more Multi- walled carbon nanotubes were synthesized by catalytic chemical flame deposition CCFD by magnesium as a catalyst for growth from coal/kerosene/sulfur with ratios 4 / 1.3 / 1 respectively. The CFD was more efficiency with the magnesium as a catalyst, which led to increasing MWCNTs growth as compare with growth without a catalyst. The synthesized MWCNTs were characterized by X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy which showed high dense with length growth. The diameters of tubes were more homogenous when precipitation on the surface of Mg with diameter 39-57nm while 31-64 nm without a catalyst.
IMPORTANCE In 1939, English mathematician, geneticist, and psychiatrist Lionel Sharples Penrose h... more IMPORTANCE In 1939, English mathematician, geneticist, and psychiatrist Lionel Sharples Penrose hypothesized that the numbers of psychiatric hospital beds and the sizes of prison populations were inversely related; 75 years later, the question arises as to whether the hypothesis applies to recent developments in South America. OBJECTIVE To explore the possible association of changes in the numbers of psychiatric hospital beds with changes in the sizes of prison populations in South America since 1990. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS We searched primary sources for the numbers of psychiatric hospital beds in South American countries since 1990 (the year that the Latin American countries signed the Caracas Declaration) and compared these changes against the sizes of prison populations. The associations between the numbers of psychiatric beds and the sizes of prison populations were tested using fixed-effects regression of panel data. Economic variables were considered as covariates. Sufficiently reliable and complete data were obtained from 6 countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES The numbers of psychiatric beds and the sizes of prison populations. RESULTS Since 1990, the numbers of psychiatric beds decreased in all 6 countries (ranging from −2.0% to −71.9%), while the sizes of prison populations increased substantially (ranging from 16.1% to 273.0%). Panel data regression analysis across the 6 countries showed a significant inverse relationship between numbers of psychiatric beds and sizes of prison populations. On average, the removal of 1 bed was associated with 5.18 more prisoners (95% CI, 3.10-7.26; P = .001), which was reduced to 2.78 prisoners (95% CI, 2.59-2.97; P < .001) when economic growth was considered as a covariate. The association between the numbers of psychiatric beds and the sizes of prison populations remained practically unchanged when income inequality was considered as a covariate (−4.28 [95% CI, −5.21 to −3.36]; P < .001). CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE Since 1990, the numbers of psychiatric beds have substantially decreased in South America, while the sizes of the prison populations have increased against a background of strong economic growth. The changes appear to be associated because the numbers of beds decreased more extensively when and where the sizes of prison populations increased. These findings are consistent with and specify the assumption of an association between the numbers of psychiatric beds and the sizes of prison populations. More research is needed to understand the drivers of the capacities of psychiatric hospitals and prisons and to explore reasons for their association.
Vertex (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
In our country, the lack of necessary information to assess health - assistance systems, programs... more In our country, the lack of necessary information to assess health - assistance systems, programs, and services highlights the need to develop and implement a set of indicators that provides relevant, reliable and in - time information. The present paper proposes a basic set of indicators for inpatient - psychiatric services (CIB - IP), which helps assess their accessibility and performance. Each of the proposed indicators is described, together with its convenience and limitations. The assessment of specific - policy impact, program monitoring, epidemiologic surveillance, accessibility improvement, resource planning, program - coverage design, and quotation can be supported by this set of indicators. As relevant characteristics we highlight its reliability, timing convenience, feasibility, and low - cost operation. Its implementation can provide relevant information in a relatively short term. Thus, we recommend the immediate implementation of this indicator set.
In our country, the lack of necessary information to assess health - assistance systems, programs... more In our country, the lack of necessary information to assess health - assistance systems, programs, and services highlights the need to develop and implement a set of indicators that provides relevant, reliable and in - time information. The present paper proposes a basic set of indicators for inpatient - psychiatric services (CIB - IP), which helps assess their accessibility and performance. Each of the proposed indicators is described, together with its convenience and limitations. The assessment of specific - policy impact, program monitoring, epidemiologic surveillance, accessibility improvement, resource planning, program - coverage design, and quotation can be supported by this set of indicators. As relevant characteristics we highlight its reliability, timing convenience, feasibility, and low - cost operation. Its implementation can provide relevant information in a relatively short term. Thus, we recommend the immediate implementation of this indicator set.
Vertex (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
In our country, the lack of necessary information to assess health - assistance systems, programs... more In our country, the lack of necessary information to assess health - assistance systems, programs, and services highlights the need to develop and implement a set of indicators that provides relevant, reliable and in - time information. The present paper proposes a basic set of indicators for inpatient - psychiatric services (CIB - IP), which helps assess their accessibility and performance. Each of the proposed indicators is described, together with its convenience and limitations. The assessment of specific - policy impact, program monitoring, epidemiologic surveillance, accessibility improvement, resource planning, program - coverage design, and quotation can be supported by this set of indicators. As relevant characteristics we highlight its reliability, timing convenience, feasibility, and low - cost operation. Its implementation can provide relevant information in a relatively short term. Thus, we recommend the immediate implementation of this indicator set.
Los trastornos mentales constituyen una porción importante de la carga de enfermedad de las socie... more Los trastornos mentales constituyen una porción importante de la carga de enfermedad de las sociedades modernas. Para el 2000 fue estimada en el 12,3% del total de AVAD perdidos y se estima que en el 2020 esta proporción llegará al 15% del total de la carga, con un incremento de la porción correspondiente a demencias y depresiones. Los suicidios juveniles muestran una tendencia al crecimiento y han aparecido además los problemas vinculados con las adicciones y la violencia en sus distintas formas. Estas últimas se han constituido como entidades fronterizas que cabalgan sobre las categorías de salud mental y el campo de lo social. De esta manera se hace evidente la necesidad de constituir sistemas de información que provean de insumos a los tomadores de decisiones respecto de la incidencia y prevalencia de patologías y/o eventos relevantes y que adviertan sobre la aparición de cambios significativos en la magnitud o las características de los mismos. Los sistemas de vigilancia epidem...
IMPORTANCE In 1939, English mathematician, geneticist, and psychiatrist Lionel Sharples Penrose h... more IMPORTANCE In 1939, English mathematician, geneticist, and psychiatrist Lionel Sharples Penrose hypothesized that the numbers of psychiatric hospital beds and the sizes of prison populations were inversely related; 75 years later, the question arises as to whether the hypothesis applies to recent developments in South America. OBJECTIVE To explore the possible association of changes in the numbers of psychiatric hospital beds with changes in the sizes of prison populations in South America since 1990.
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