title: Anatomy of a prison commission.
abstract: Although the epidemiology of mental disorders in the prison system has been investigated in the past, delivery of health services to prison inmates has not received similar scrutiny. Members of a state prison commission describe the process by which they developed their assessment of health care delivery. A model is offered for defining such a mission, selecting standards against which to test prison health services, choosing a testable focus, refining a valid and reliable methodology, and piloting the result.
authors.affiliation: University of Massachusetts Medical Center (UMMC), Worcester, USA.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Candilis
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Appelbaum
mesh_terms: D003416:Criminal Law / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006296:Health Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000600:supply & distribution; D006801:Humans; D011330:Prisons / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States