Novel linkage of health and prison data in Scotland: Investigating access to services for mental health and substance use following release from prison

Objectives To compare the use of NHS services for mental health and substance use (MH/SU) between people released from prison and the general population. This paper describes the data linkage and analytical process, discusses policy implications and highlights the methodological contributions for f...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:International Journal of Population Data Science
Main Authors: Catriona Connell, Richard Kjellgren, Jan Savinc
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Swansea University 2023-09-01
Online Access:https://ijpds.org/article/view/2314