Food insecurity, healthcare utilization, and high cost: a longitudinal cohort study.

CONCLUSIONS: Food insecurity is associated with higher healthcare use and costs, even accounting for other socioeconomic factors. Whether food insecurity interventions improve healthcare utilization and cost should be tested.
PMID: 30222918 [PubMed - in process]

Source: The American Journal of Managed Care - September 1, 2018 Category: Health Management Authors: Berkowitz SA, Seligman HK, Meigs JB, Basu S Tags: Am J Manag Care Source Type: research