Defining avoidable healthcare-associated harm in prisons: a mixed-method development study.

Richard N. Keers; Verity Wainwright; Joy McFadzean; Kate Davies; Stephen M Campbell; Caroline Stevenson; Thomas Purchase; Jennifer Shaw; Andrew Carson-Stevens

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Defining avoidable healthcare-associated harm in prisons: a mixed-method development study.

April 19, 2023

Keers RN, Wainwright V, McFadzean J, et al. PLOS One. 2023;18(3):e0282021.

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Prisons present unique challenges in providing, as well as in measuring, safe patient care. This article describes structures and processes within prison systems that may contribute to avoidable harm, such as limited staffing and security to travel to healthcare appointments. The result is a two-tier definition taking into consideration the unique context of prison healthcare.

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