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Evaluating the Impact of Privatization on the Quality of Health Care in Correctional Facilities: A Quantitative Analysis

Research study on private versus public healthcare delivery in prisons

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    Evaluating the Impact of Privatization on the Quality of Health Care in Correctional Facilities: A Quantitative Analysis Based on the research findings presented in the article, "From Public to Private Care," by Shalev (2009), as well as the studies by Golembeski & Fullilove (2008) and Aktan (2013), discuss the implications of privatizing health care in correctional facilities. How does privatization impact the quality of care delivered to inmates, particularly in terms of access, efficiency, and rehabilitation programs? Consider the challenges outlined in the research, and propose potential strategies to improve the quality of health care in privatized prison settings. Word Count Requirement: Your response should be between 1,500 - 2,000 words.

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    Research Part 1 Shalev (2009) reports research findings on privatization and the quality of health care in prisons in the article “From Public to Private Care.” The research problem of this study is the increasing population of inmates within correctional facilities and the resultant challenges that private health care providers face in delivering high quality of care to inmates. The questions that guided the study were whether the increase in prison population poses public health challenges in the delivery of privatized care and whether financial and administrative shifts from public to private correctional health care systems has implications on the quality of care. The researcher conducted a case study of the largest prisons in the State of New Yolk with a goal of determining the challenges that private health care providers face in meeting the increasing demand for health care. Shalev (2009) found out that privatization of correctional facilities and the shifts of financial and administrative operations have significant impact on the health care quality outcomes within prisons. The challenges in achieving the desired quality of care within these facilities is linked to the high population and limited health care resources. The case that the author presents in the research is compelling because theoretical frameworks, past research evidence and primary research findings are used to support the study hypothesis. The findings of the researcher are significant owing to the health care crisis that characterizes health care systems within prison environments within the United States. The findings of the researcher have implications on the legal and policy frameworks on the privatization of health care systems within prisons.

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    Golembeski & Fullilove (2008) published research evidence on the health care consequences of the privatization of health care systems within prisons in the journal article “Criminal (In) Justice in the City and Its Associated Health Consequences.” The research problem that that the researchers sought to address is the lack of effective rehabilitative programs by privatized health care systems within prisons. The selection of research subjects or participants was the main threat to the validity of their study. This is because they focused their study on poorly educated Latino and African Americans within correctional facilities with a purpose of determining if privatized health care systems had a positive impact on the quality of their rehabilitation. Golembeski & Fullilove (2008) reveal that private health care systems in prisons failed to implement community - centered and humanistic approaches in the rehabilitation of poorly educated inmates. This leads to negative implications on the reentry of these prisoners into the community. Their findings have implications on the administrative of health care and rehabilitative programs by private contractors. This is because the researchers use research evidence to indicate that private contractors should implement more effective rehabilitative programs for prisoners in order to realize the benefits of rehabilitation to the inmates, the community and the society in general. The findings and conclusions of the researchers make a compelling case because they use past research evidence to demonstrate that poorly educated inmates from minority ethnic groups have more negative rehabilitative outcomes within prisons as compared to other groups. Aktan (2013) research evidence and discussion on the implications of privatization of health care systems within the journal article “Health Care Reform: Does One Size Fit All?” The researcher hypothesized that health care reform through privatization does not meet the health

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