The health care utilization of people in prison and after prison release: A population-based cohort study in Ontario, Canada.

BACKGROUND:Many people experience imprisonment each year, and this population bears a disproportionate burden of morbidity and mortality. States have an obligation to provide equitable health care in prison and to attend to care on release. Our objective was to describe health care utilization in pr...

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Main Authors: Fiona G Kouyoumdjian, Stephanie Y Cheng, Kinwah Fung, Aaron M Orkin, Kathryn E McIsaac, Claire Kendall, Lori Kiefer, Flora I Matheson, Samantha E Green, Stephen W Hwang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6075755?pdf=render