The Correctional Health Care Landscape: An OPEN MINDS Reference Guide

Quantifying spending on the correctional health care market is difficult due to the many disparate systems that provide health care services in correctional facilities. Additionally, the delivery of health care in federal prisons, state prisons, and jails is complicated based on the level of care needed and the nature of the services. For general medical and mental health services, there are generally three possible delivery systems – the direct care delivery model, the privatized care model, and a hybrid model.

This OPEN MINDS Reference Guide provides an overview of the correctional health care market; a listing of federal correctional health care . . .