Associations Between Supported Accommodation and Health and Re-offending Outcomes: a Retrospective Data Linkage Study.

ABSTRACT: Following release from prison, housing and health issues form a complex and mutually reinforcing dynamic, increasing reincarceration risk. Supported accommodation aims to mitigate these post-release challenges. We describe the impact of attending Rainbow Lodge (RL), a post-release supported accommodation service for men in Sydney, Australia, on criminal justice and emergency health outcomes. Our retrospective cohort study using linked administrative data includes 415 individuals referred to RL between January 2015 and October 2020. Outcomes of interest were rates of criminal charges, emergency department (ED) presentations and ambulance attendance; and time to first reincarceration, criminal charge, ED presentation and ambulance attendance. The exposure of interest was attending RL; covari

SUBMITTER: Gibbs D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10897077 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature