Social environment and hospitalisation after release from prison: A prospective cohort study

AD Love; SA Kinner; JT Young

Journal article

Social environment and hospitalisation after release from prison: A prospective cohort study

AD Love, SA Kinner, JT Young

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | MDPI AG | Published : 2017

DOI: 10.3390/ijerph14111406

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Abstract

This study examined the association between remoteness and area disadvantage, and the rate of subsequent hospitalisation, in a cohort of adults released from prisons in Queensland. A baseline survey of 1267 adult prisoners within 6 weeks of expected release was prospectively linked with hospital, mortality and reincarceration records. Postcodes were used to assign remoteness and area disadvantage categories. MultivariateAndersen–Gill regressionmodelswere fitted to test for associations between remoteness, area disadvantage and hospitalisation after release from prison. Over a total of 3090.9 person-years of follow-up, the highest crude incidence rates were observed in areas characterized by ..

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Funding Acknowledgements

The Passports study was funded by National Health and Medical Research Council NHMRC) Strategic Award #409966 and NHMRC Project Grant #1002463. Stuart Kinner is supported by NHMRC Senior Research Fellowship #1078168. Jesse Young is supported by a Melbourne International Research Scholarship (Ph.D.) from the University of Melbourne. The funding source had no additional role in the research design; data collection, analysis, or interpretation; the writing of the manuscript; or the decision to submit the article for publication. The authors would like to acknowledge the late Konrad Jamrozik for his pivotal role in conceiving and designing the Passports study. The authors wish to thank Queensland Corrective Services for assistance with data collection, and study participants for sharing their stories. The views expressed herein are solely those of the authors, and in no way reflect the views or policies of Queensland Corrective Services. Data included in the National Death Index are provided to the AIHW by the Registries of Births, Deaths and Marriages and the National Coronial Information System (managed by the Victorian Department of Justice) and include cause of death coded by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).