Continuity of Prescription Medication Use Among Adults Leaving State Prison.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Identifying prescription needs of adults returning from prison can inform intervention design to mitigate high morbidity and mortality during reentry to the community.

Objective

To characterize the prevalence and factors associated with continuity of medication use for treatment of chronic illness among adults returning to the community from prison.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study linked administrative records and prescription claims from the Wisconsin Department of Corrections and the Medicaid program. The study included all adults (aged 18-64 years) released from a Wisconsin state correctional facility between April 1, 2015, and June 30, 2017, after incarceration of at least 31 days who enrolled in Medicaid within the mon

SUBMITTER: Dague L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11868974 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature