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Prison Medical Care: Special Needs Populations and Cost Control - Special Issues in Corrections
Prison Medical Care: Special Needs Populations and Cost Control - Special Issues in Corrections
Publication year:
1997
| Cataloged on:
Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: Departments of corrections nationwide were surveyed regarding care for populations with specialized medical care needs and also regarding means the departments are using to contain or reduce their overall costs for medical services. The section on specialized needs details state responses concerning medical care for elderly, terminally ill, and chronically ill inmates. Tables identify main facilities housing elderly inmates with special medical needs, responses available for elderly inmates with medical care needs, and main facilities housing inmates with terminal illnesses. The section on controlling costs examines state involvement with current trends, including telemedicine, inmate co-payment, use of computers to manage medical services, managed care, contract services, and consolidation of specialized medical care.
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