The Health and Health Care of US Prisoners: Results of a Nationwide Survey
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Abstract
Objectives
We analyzed the prevalence of chronic illnesses, including mental illness, and access to health care among US inmates.
Methods
We used the 2002 Survey of Inmates in Local Jails and the 2004 Survey of Inmates in State and Federal Correctional Facilities to analyze disease prevalence and clinical measures of access to health care for inmates.
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Keywords
- Medicine
- Mental health
- Psychiatry
- Mental illness
- Health care
- Prison
- Family medicine
- Psychology
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