Study objective We evaluate the relationship between social determinants of health and
emergency department (ED) visits in the Medicaid Cohort of the District of Columbia …

ObjectivesThe aims of this study were to describe emergency department (ED) utilization by
people in provincial prison and on release, and to compare with ED utilization for the …

Background In population studies, the risk of injury declines after early adulthood. It is
unclear if a similar age difference in the risk of injury exists among people released from …

Timely access to Medicaid coverage offers many potential benefits to justice-involved adults
reentering the community. In 2015 Indiana's Section 1115 Medicaid waiver (the Healthy …

Introduction: Nurses have important roles in treating criminals. To treat the criminals is
complex and it has different challenges. Nurses feel uncomfortable in treating an individual …

Background At any given time, almost 2 million individuals are in prisons or jails in the
United States. Incarceration status has been associated with disproportionate rates of …

Providing health care for criminals is very complex, stressful, and challenging for the general
hospital nurses who are usually not habituated to treat them. The nurses are required to …

Purpose The amount of overlap between criminal justice practices and public health is
growing and more research is needed to guide new initiatives. This study was designed to …

While the US has the highest incarceration rate in the world, at nearly 1% of the adult
population, or over 2 million people, insight regarding health disparities in this population …

Formerly incarcerated individuals suffer from poor health outcomes and often overuse
emergency department (ED) services because of a lack of access to care and insurance …