Emergency department admissions to a prison hospital: a retrospective cohort study from Switzerland.

Introduction: There are more than 10 million prison inmates throughout the world and this number is increasing continuously. Prisoners are a particularly vulnerable minority group that has special healthcare needs and demands on healthcare services and providers. The aim of this study was to give an overview of prisoners' healthcare problems leading to emergency department admission, in order to make recommendations to help to optimise treatment of this target group.

Content quality of ophthalmic information on the internet.

Purpose: Little is known whether information about eye conditions on the Internet is complete and accurate to support patient or layman decision making.

Methods: Quality of content modules about age-related macular degeneration (AMD) was analyzed on 20 web sites. Content analysis covered 72 criteria in 11 groups.