TY - JOUR
T1 - Factors Predicting Illness and Health Services Use among Male Kentucky Prisoners with a History of Drug Abuse
AU - Garrity, Thomas F.
AU - Hiller, Matthew L.
AU - Staton, Michele
AU - Webster, J. Matthew
AU - Leukefeld, Carl G.
PY - 2002/9
Y1 - 2002/9
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1177/003288550208200301
DO - 10.1177/003288550208200301
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:6044239893
SN - 0032-8855
VL - 82
SP - 295
EP - 313
JO - The Prison Journal
JF - The Prison Journal
IS - 3
ER -