Medicaid policies and practices in US state prison systems

David L Rosen1, Dora M Dumont, Andrew M Cislo

  • 1At the time of this study, David L. Rosen was with the Center for Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Dora M. Dumont and Bradley W. Brockmann were with the Center for Prisoner Health and Human Rights, Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI. Andrew M. Cislo was with the Center for Public Health and Health Policy, University of Connecticut, East Hartford. Amy Traver was with the Human Biology Program, Brown University, Providence, RI. Josiah D. Rich was with the Division of Infectious Diseases, Brown University, and the Center for Prisoner Health and Human Rights, Miriam Hospital.

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