Health of elderly male prisoners: worse than the general population, worse than younger prisoners

• DOI: 10.1093/ageing/30.5.403
• Publication Date: 2002-07-26T22:47:51Z
• Authors: S. Fazel
• Keywords: Adult; Male; Health Status; Prisoners; Middle Aged; 3. Good health; Interviews as Topic; 03 medical and health sciences; Humans; Disease; 0305 other medical science; Geriatric Assessment; Aged

Methods: 203 men were interviewed from 15 prisons, comprising one‐fifth of all sentenced in this age group England and Wales. Assessment included semi‐structured interviews covering chronic acute health problems, recording major illnesses the medical notes prison reception screen.