High Risk of Substance Use Disorder-Related Outcomes in Veterans Released from Correctional Facilities in Mid to Late Life.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Veterans Affairs (VA) is likely to encounter a growing number of veterans returning to the community in mid to late life following incarceration (i.e., experiencing reentry). Yet, rates of negative health outcomes due to substance use disorders (SUDs) in this population are unknown.

Objective

To determine risk of and risk factors for SUD-related emergency department visits and inpatient hospitalizations (ED/IPH) and overdose death among older reentry veterans compared with never-incarcerated veterans.

Design

Retrospective cohort study using national VA and Medicare healthcare systems data.

Participants

Veterans age  ≥50, incarcerated for  ≤5 consecutive years, and released between October 1, 2010, and September 30, 2017 (N = 18,803), were propensity

SUBMITTER: Barry LC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10110776 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature