Health Behind Bars: Utilization and Evaluation of Medical Care among Jail Inmates
- 1 January 1999
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of Community Health
- Vol. 24 (4) , 285-303
- https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1018794305843
Abstract
Jail and prison inmates experience disproportionately high levels of chronic and acute physical health problems, resulting in increased utilization of health services in correctional institutions....Keywords
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