Factors Predicting Illness and Health Services Use among Male Kentucky Prisoners with a History of Drug Abuse

Thomas F. Garrity, Matthew L. Hiller, Michele Staton, J. Matthew Webster, Carl G. Leukefeld

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Abstract

As the costs of prisoner illness and health services use mount, research should focus on factors that predict these outcomes. This cross-sectional study, therefore, examines predictors of (a) prisoner illness, (b) use of physical health services, and (c) mental health services among 661 incarcerated males with a drug abuse history. These three in-prison outcomes were significantly predicted by a number of demographic, past illness, past health services use, and drug abuse history factors, all ascertainable at prison intake. If these relationships are confirmed in subsequent prospective studies, measuring these predictors may offer a simple, cost-effective approach for estimating future prisoner illness and demand for health services.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)295-313
Number of pages19
JournalThe Prison Journal
Volume82
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2002

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
  • Law

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