Open AccessDischarge Planning and Continuity of Health Care: Findings From the San Francisco County Jail
Author(s) -
Emily A. Wang,
Mary C. White,
Ross Jamison,
Joe Goldenson,
Milton Estes,
Jacqueline P. Tulsky
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2007.119669
Subject(s) - continuity of care , discharge planning , public health , medicine , gerontology , health care , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , population , environmental health , nursing , family medicine , political science , law
Continuity of health care among the formerly incarcerated is an emerging public health challenge. We used data from the San Francisco County Jail to determine whether discharge planning improves access to care on release. Inmates who were HIV positive and received discharge planning were 6 times more likely to have a regular source of care in the community compared with inmates with other chronic medical conditions, and they were as likely to have a regular source of care compared with the general San Francisco population.