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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Fahmy, Nahla, MD
• Kouyoumdjian, Fiona G., MD, MPH, PhD
• Berkowitz, Jonathan, PhD
• Fahmy, Sharif, MBA
• Neves, Carlos Magno, MA
• Hwang, Stephen W., MD
• Martin, Ruth Elwood, MD, MPH

Titel

Access to Primary Care for Persons Recently Released From Prison

Ist Teil von

• Annals of family medicine, 2018-11, Vol.16 (6), p.549-551

Ort / Verlag

United States: Annals of Family Medicine

Erscheinungsjahr

2018

Quelle

EZB Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Abstract We aimed to determine if a history of recent imprisonment affects access to primary care. Using patient roles, we telephoned to request an initial appointment with all family physicians (n = 339) who were accepting new patients in British Columbia, Canada. We sequentially assigned patient scenarios: male or female recently released from prison; male or female control. Controls were 1.98 (95% CI, 1.59-2.46) times as likely to be offered an appointment compared with persons recently released from prison, with an absolute risk difference of 41.8% (95% CI, 31.0-52.5). Our study suggests discrimination is a barrier to primary care for people released from prison, even with universal health insurance. We need to improve access to primary care during the high-risk period following prison release.