The Associations Between Medical and Mental Health Conditions and Health Care Utilization in US Adults with Past-Year Criminal Legal Involvement.
Maria D JueLaura C HawksRebekah J WalkerOlaitan AkinboboyeAbigail ThorgersonLeonard E EgedePublished in: Journal of general internal medicine (2023)
Medical and mental health needs appear to contribute equally to increased acute care utilization among those with recent criminal legal involvement. This underscores the need to identify and test interventions which comprehensively address both medical and mental health conditions for individuals returning to the community to improve both health care access and quality.