%0 Journal Article
%T Access to Primary Care for Persons Recently Released From Prison
%A Carlos Magno Neves
%A Fiona G. Kouyoumdjian
%A Jonathan Berkowitz
%A Nahla Fahmy
%A Ruth Elwood Martin
%A Sharif Fahmy
%A Stephen W. Hwang
%J Archive of "Annals of Family Medicine".
%D 2018
%R 10.1370/afm.2314
%X We aimed to determine if a history of recent imprisonment affects access to primary care. Using patient roles, we telephoned to request an initial appointment with all family physicians (n = 339) who were accepting new patients in British Columbia, Canada. We sequentially assigned patient scenarios: male or female recently released from prison; male or female control. Controls were 1.98 (95% CI, 1.59-2.46) times as likely to be offered an appointment compared with persons recently released from prison, with an absolute risk difference of 41.8% (95% CI, 31.0-52.5). Our study suggests discrimination is a barrier to primary care for people released from prison, even with universal health insurance. We need to improve access to primary care during the high-risk period following prison release
%K prisoners
%K prisons
%K primary health care
%K discrimination
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6231934/