Cost savings of a primary care program for individuals recently released from prison: a propensity-matched study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Criminal justice system costs in the United States have exponentially increased over the last decades, and providing health care to individuals released from incarceration is costly. To better understand how to manage costs to state budgets for those who have been incarcerated, we aimed to assess state-level costs of an enhanced primary care program, Transitions Clinic Network (TCN), for chronically-ill and older individuals recently released from prison.

Methods

We linked administrative data from Connecticut Department of Correction, Medicaid, and Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services to identify a propensity matched comparison group and estimate costs of a primary care program serving chronically-ill and older individuals released from incarceration

SUBMITTER: Harvey TD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9059905 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature