Health outcomes and retention in care following release from prison for patients of an urban post-incarceration Transitions clinic

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1139-1152

  Fox, Aaron D ^a   Anderson, Matthew R ^a   Bartlett, Gary ^b   Valverde, John ^a,b   Starrels, Joanna L ^a   Cunningham, Chinazo O ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Osborne Association   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic non infectious diseases; Former prisoners; Health outcomes; HIV; Opioid dependence; Transitions clinic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEW YORK; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRISONER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSITIONAL CARE; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRISONERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSITIONAL CARE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84906053587     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2014.0139     Document Type: Article

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