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Berkowitz, Seth A,; Palakshappa, Deepak; Rigdon, Joseph; Seligman, Hilary K,; & Basu, Sanjay (2021). Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation and Health Care Use in Older Adults : A Cohort Study. Ann Intern Med, 174(12), 1674-1682. PMCID: PMC8893035

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Older adults dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid have particularly high food insecurity prevalence and health care use.
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which reduces food insecurity, is associated with lower health care use and cost for older adults dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid.
DESIGN: An incident user retrospective cohort study design was used. The association between participation in SNAP and health care use and cost using outcome regression was assessed and supplemented by entropy balancing, matching, and instrumental variable analyses.
SETTING: North Carolina, September 2016 through July 2020.
PARTICIPANTS: Older adults (aged

URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.7326/m21-1588

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year Published

2021

Journal Title

Ann Intern Med

Author(s)

Berkowitz, Seth A,
Palakshappa, Deepak
Rigdon, Joseph
Seligman, Hilary K,
Basu, Sanjay

PMCID

PMC8893035