Journal article
The health care utilization of people in prison and after prison release: A population-based cohort study in Ontario, Canada
Abstract
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 prison and post-release for persons released from provincial prison in Ontario, Canada in 2010, and to compare health care utilization with the …
Authors
Kouyoumdjian FG; Cheng SY; Fung K; Orkin AM; McIsaac KE; Kendall C; Kiefer L; Matheson FI; Green SE; Hwang SW
Journal
PLOS ONE, Vol. 13, No. 8,
Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0201592
ISSN
1932-6203