| Title | Discharge planning and continuity of health care: findings from the San Francisco County Jail. |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2008 |
| Authors | Wang, Emily A., Mary C. White, Ross Jamison, Joe Goldenson, Milton Estes, and Jacqueline P. Tulsky |
| Journal | American journal of public health |
| Volume | 98 |
| Issue | 12 |
| Pagination | 2182-4 |
| Date Published | 2008 Dec |
| ISSN | 1541-0048 |
| Keywords | Aftercare, Analysis of Variance, Chronic Disease, Continuity of Patient Care, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Health Care Surveys, Health Services Accessibility, Health Services Needs and Demand, HIV Infections, Humans, Male, Medically Uninsured, Middle Aged, Morbidity, Patient Discharge, Prisoners, Public Health, Questionnaires, San Francisco, Socioeconomic Factors, Total Quality Management |
| Abstract | Continuity of health care among the formerly incarcerated is an emerging public health challenge. We used data from the San Francisco County Jail to determine whether discharge planning improves access to care on release. Inmates who were HIV positive and received discharge planning were 6 times more likely to have a regular source of care in the community compared with inmates with other chronic medical conditions, and they were as likely to have a regular source of care compared with the general San Francisco population. |
| DOI | 10.2105/AJPH.2007.119669 |
| Alternate Journal | Am J Public Health |
