Prison Health Care Survey: An Analysis of Factors Influencing Per Capita Costs
Publication year:
2000
| Cataloged on:
Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: The construction of a model that explains the reasons for variance in the average per capita cost of prison health care was undertaken in this study. "The major finding of this study was that it was not the range or number of services but rather the method of care delivery and the staffing mix that most affected per capita prison health care costs. Specifically, the cost of inmate health care varied by: the use of capitated contracts for ambulatory care; the hours of mid-level practitioner care available to inmates; whether HIV screening is routinely performed during intake; [and] the number of facilities within a DOC (p.i)."
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