Emergency department admissions to a prison hospital: a retrospective cohort study from Switzerland

INTRODUCTION: There are more than 10 million prison inmates throughout the world and this number is increasing continuously. Prisoners are a particularly vulnerable minority group that has special healthcare needs and demands on healthcare services and providers. The aim of this study was to g...

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Published in:	Swiss Medical Weekly
Main Authors:	Carmen Andrea Pfortmueller, Gregor Aulmann, Gregor Lindner, Martin Perrig, Thomas J. Müller, Heinz Zimmermann, Aristomenis K. Exadaktylos
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	SMW supporting association (Trägerverein Swiss Medical Weekly SMW) 2013-02-01
Subjects:	emergency medicine minority group prison medicine
Online Access:	https://www.smw.ch/index.php/smw/article/view/1646