Access to Primary and Specialty Health Care in the California State Prison Population During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Anita Amin; Daniel Winetsky; William L Schpero

doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.1868

Access to Primary and Specialty Health Care in the California State Prison Population During the COVID-19 Pandemic

JAMA Health Forum. 2022 Jul 15;3(7):e221868. doi: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.1868. eCollection 2022 Jul.

Authors

Anita Amin¹, Daniel Winetsky², William L Schpero¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Population Health Sciences, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York.
² Division of Infectious Diseases, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, New York, New York.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study examines trends in referrals for and timely delivery of primary and specialty health care among individuals incarcerated in California state prisons during the COVID-19 pandemic.

MeSH terms

COVID-19* / epidemiology
Cross-Sectional Studies
Delivery of Health Care
Humans
Pandemics
Prisoners*
Prisons