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Release from Prison — A High Risk of Death for Former Inmates
Author(s) -
Ingrid A. Binswanger,
Marc F. Stern,
Richard A. Deyo,
Patrick J. Heagerty,
Allen Cheadle,
Joann G. Elmore,
Thomas D. Koepsell
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmsa064115
Subject(s) - medicine , prison , national death index , homicide , population , demography , confidence interval , cause of death , cohort , injury prevention , poison control , retrospective cohort study , mortality rate , suicide prevention , relative risk , epidemiology , gerontology , hazard ratio , disease , medical emergency , environmental health , surgery , criminology , psychology , sociology
The U.S. population of former prison inmates is large and growing. The period immediately after release may be challenging for former inmates and may involve substantial health risks. We studied the risk of death among former inmates soon after their release from Washington State prisons.

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