Sex differences in acute health service contact after release from prison in Australia: a data linkage study

E Janca; C Keen; M Willoughby; JT Young; SA Kinner

Journal article

Sex differences in acute health service contact after release from prison in Australia: a data linkage study

E Janca, C Keen, M Willoughby, JT Young, SA Kinner

Public Health | Elsevier | Published : 2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2023.08.011

Abstract

Objectives: Women released from prison typically experience worse health outcomes than their male counterparts. We examined sex differences in the patterns, characteristics, and predictors of acute health service contact (AHSC) (i.e. ambulance and/or emergency department use) after release from prison. Study design: Data linkage study. Methods: Baseline survey data from 1307 adults (21% women) within six weeks of expected release from prisons in Queensland, Australia (2008–2010) were linked prospectively with state-wide ambulance and emergency department, correctional, mental health, and death records. Crude and adjusted incidence rates and incidence rate ratios of AHSC were calculated overa..

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Jesse T Young Author

Stuart Kinner Author

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Funding Acknowledgements

The Passports study was funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC; GNT409966, GNT1002463) . JY receives salary and research support from a NHMRC Investigator Grant (GNT1178027) . MW is supported by an NHMRC Postgraduate Scholarship (GNT1151103) . MW, JY and SK are researchers in the NHMRC-funded Centre of Research Excellence in Driving Global Investment in Adolescent Health (GNT 1171981) .