A description of an urban transitions clinic serving formerly incarcerated people.
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Chronic health conditions are overrepresented among jail or prison inmates but often go untreated during incarceration and following release. We describe the Bronx Transitions Clinic, a partnership between a community-based organization and an academic medical center, which facilitates connections to medical care for formerly incarcerated people.
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Health outcomes and retention in care following release from prison for patients of an urban post-incarceration transitions clinic.
Chronic health conditions are overrepresented among prisoners who often face barriers to medical care following release. Transitions clinics seek to provide timely access to medical care following release. This retrospective cohort study investigated care delivery and health outcomes for recently released prisoners receiving care at the Bronx Transitions Clinic. Among 135 recently released pris...
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of health care for the poor and underserved
دوره 25 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014