The health and health care of US prisoners: Results of a nationwide survey

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 666-672

  Wilper, Andrew P ^b   Woolhandler, Steffie ^a   Boyd, J Wesley ^a   Lasser, Karen E ^a   McCormick, Danny ^a   Bor, David H ^a   Himmelstein, David U ^a  

^a Cambridge Health Alliance ^*

^b Boise VA Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CRIME; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRISON; PRISONER; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DRUG UTILIZATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; VETERAN;

PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PREVALENCE; PRISONERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63149119161     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.144279     Document Type: Review

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