Journal article
Primary care utilization in people who experience imprisonment in Ontario, Canada: a retrospective cohort study
Abstract
BackgroundAccess to primary care is an important determinant of health, and data are sparse on primary care utilization for people who experience imprisonment. We aimed to describe primary care utilization for persons released from prison, and to compare utilization with the general population.MethodsWe linked correctional data for all persons released from provincial prison in Ontario, Canada in 2010 with health administrative data. We matched …
Authors
Kouyoumdjian FG; Cheng SY; Fung K; Humphreys-Mahaffey S; Orkin AM; Kendall C; Kiefer L; Matheson FI; Green SE; Hwang SW
Journal
BMC Health Services Research, Vol. 18, No. 1,
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
12 2018
DOI
10.1186/s12913-018-3660-2
ISSN
1472-6963