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Correctional Health Care Costs

Prison Health Care Costs and Quality: How and why states strive for high-performing systems

The Pew Charitable Trusts, 2017 

Better Planning and Evaluation Needed to Understand and Control Rising Inmate Health Care Costs

United States Government Accountability Office, 2017

State Prisons Turn to Telemedicine to Improve Health and Save Money

Ollove, Michael, 2016

How and When Medicaid Covers People Under Correctional Supervision

The Pew Charitable Trusts, 2016

Federally-Assisted Healthcare Coverage among Male State Prisoners with Chronic Health Problems

Rosen, David L., Catherine A. Grodensky, and Tara K. Holley, 2016

Efficiency of Health Care in State Correctional Institutions

Hollenbeak, Christopher S., Eric W. Schaefer, Janice Penrod, Susan J. Loeb, and Carol A. Smith, 2015

Medicaid: Information on Inmate Eligibility and Federal Costs for Allowable Services

U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), 2014

Document ID: 028424

State Prison Health Care Spending: An Examination

Pew Charitable Trusts, John D. and Catherine MacArthur Foundation, 2014

Document ID: 028283

Maximizing Medicaid: An Innovative Approach to Finance Health Care for Criminal Justice Populations [Webinar]

National Reentry Resource Center, U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance, 2014

Document ID: 028277

Managing Corrections Costs Report

Lawrence, Alison, National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), 2014

Document ID: 028354