title: Aging Prisoners' Views on Healthcare Services in Swiss Prisons.
abstract: Due to the higher morbidity prevalent in the increasing older population, prisons are facing new challenges on a structural, ethical, and financial level. This study's goal was to explore older prisoners' views and experiences regarding the quality of medical services.
  
  
  
  In this qualitative study, 35 semi-structured interviews were conducted with older inmates aged 50 years and above in 12 different prisons in the German-speaking (23 interviews) and the French-speaking parts (12 interviews) of Switzerland.
  
  
  
  The majority of older prisoners in this sample expressed concerns about quality of treatment throughout incarceration. Topics addressed reached from quality of the entrance to routine examinations, quality of the treatment received, and delays in care and services provided.
  
  
  
  This study's findings suggest that healthcare in prison is often perceived as insufficient and inadequate by older inmates.
authors.affiliation: 1 University of Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Serena
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Galli
authors.affiliation: 1 University of Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Wiebke
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bretschneider
authors.affiliation: 1 University of Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Bernice Simone
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Elger
authors.affiliation: 1 University of Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Violet
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Handtke
authors.affiliation: 1 University of Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shaw
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006296:Health Services; D054625:Healthcare Disparities; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011329:Prisoners; D011330:Prisons; D036301:Qualitative Research; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D013557:Switzerland
keywords: aging detainees; inmates rights; principle of equivalence of care; prison healthcare