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Food assistance is associated with decreased nursing home admissions for Maryland’s dually eligible older adults

BACKGROUND: Although it has long been known that a broad range of factors beyond medical diagnoses affect health and health services use, it has been unclear whether additional income can decrease health service use. We examined whether Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) receipt is ass...

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Autores principales: Szanton, Sarah L., Samuel, Laura J., Cahill, Rachel, Zielinskie, Ginger, Wolff, Jennifer L., Thorpe, Roland J., Betley, Charles
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5525341/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28738897
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-017-0553-x