Commentary: Health status in US and Russian prisons: More in common, less in contrast

Journal of Public Health Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 60-68

  Greifinger, Robert ^a  

^a Qual Mgmt/Correctional Hlth Care   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CROWDING; DRUG OVERDOSE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NOTE; PRISON; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; TUBERCULOSIS; VIOLENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRISONER; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; PRISONERS; PRISONS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RUSSIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 18244380547     PISSN: 01975897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jphp.3200003     Document Type: Note

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