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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