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Barriers and solutions to accessing health care for incarcerated patients – a dermatological perspective

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  1. University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA

    W. Austin Wyant

  2. Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Ruhi Kanwar & John C. L. Trinidad

  3. Department of Dermatology, Mass General Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 50 Staniford St, 02114, Boston, MA, USA

    Ruhi Kanwar & John C. L. Trinidad

  4. University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Thuan H. Nguyen

  5. Department of Dermatology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA

    Daniel D. Bennett

  6. Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, USA

    Yi-Tin Liao

  7. Department of Dermatology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

    Abraham M. Korman

  8. Department of Dermatology, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute, Columbus, OH, USA

    Llana Pootrakul

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Wyant, Kanwar, Nguyen, and Trinidad developed the study concept and design. Wyant, Kanwar, and Nguyen was responsible for acquisition, analysis, and interpretation of data, as well as drafting of the manuscript. All authors reviewed the manuscript for important intellectual content.

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W. Austin Wyant and Ruhi Kanwar contributed equally to this article.

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Wyant, W., Kanwar, R., Nguyen, T.H. et al. Barriers and solutions to accessing health care for incarcerated patients – a dermatological perspective. Arch Dermatol Res 316, 152 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00403-024-02888-3

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