Health, Access to Care, and Financial Barriers to Care Among People Incarcerated in US Prisons
Emily Lupton Lupez,
Steffie Woolhandler,
David U. Himmelstein
et al.
Abstract:ImportanceDecades-old data indicate that people imprisoned in the US have poor access to health care despite their constitutional right to care. Most prisons impose co-payments for at least some medical visits. No recent national studies have assessed access to care or whether co-pays are associated with worse access.ObjectiveTo determine the proportion of people who are incarcerated with health problems or pregnancy who used health services, changes in the prevalence of those conditions since 2004, and the as… Show more
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