TY - JOUR
T1 - Social Factors Related to the Utilization of Health Care Among Prison Inmates
AU - Nowotny, Kathryn M.
N1 - Funding Information:
The author disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Support for this study was provided by the NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Individual Fellowship (F31 DA037645) funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), the NIDA-funded National Hispanic Science Network Interdisciplinary Research Training Institute on Drug Abuse at the University of Southern California (R25 DA026401), the National Science Foundation (NSF) Sociology Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (#1401061), and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) funded University of Colorado Population Center (R24 HD066613).
PY - 2016/4/1
Y1 - 2016/4/1
N2 - This study examines the demographic and social factors related to health care utilization in prisons using the 2004 Survey of Inmates in State Correctional Facilities. The findings show that education and employment, strong predictors of health care in the community, are not associated with health care in prisons. Although female inmates have a higher disease burden than male inmates, there are no sex differences in health care usage. The factors associated with health care, however, vary for women and men. Notably, Black men are significantly more likely to utilize health care compared to White and Latino men. The findings suggest that, given the constitutionally mandated health care for inmates, prisons can potentially minimize racial disparities in care and that prisons, in general, are an important context for health care delivery in the United States.
AB - This study examines the demographic and social factors related to health care utilization in prisons using the 2004 Survey of Inmates in State Correctional Facilities. The findings show that education and employment, strong predictors of health care in the community, are not associated with health care in prisons. Although female inmates have a higher disease burden than male inmates, there are no sex differences in health care usage. The factors associated with health care, however, vary for women and men. Notably, Black men are significantly more likely to utilize health care compared to White and Latino men. The findings suggest that, given the constitutionally mandated health care for inmates, prisons can potentially minimize racial disparities in care and that prisons, in general, are an important context for health care delivery in the United States.
KW - gender
KW - health care utilization
KW - medical conditions
KW - prison
KW - race
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U2 - 10.1177/1078345816633701
DO - 10.1177/1078345816633701
M3 - Article
C2 - 26984136
AN - SCOPUS:84962493622
VL - 22
SP - 129
EP - 138
JO - Journal of Correctional Health Care
JF - Journal of Correctional Health Care
SN - 1078-3458
IS - 2
ER -