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FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AND REDUCED HOSPITALIZATIONS FOR OLDER ADULTS WITH DIABETES

Diabetes is a an increasingly common and costly condition for older adults. Each year, as many as 1 in 3 Medicare dollars is spent to treat and manage diabetes and associated comorbidities for people with diabetes. To control health care spending in the US, it is imperative that we identify factors...

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Autores principales: Johnson, Monyca L, Walsh, Sarah E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6845898/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz038.535
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description Diabetes is a an increasingly common and costly condition for older adults. Each year, as many as 1 in 3 Medicare dollars is spent to treat and manage diabetes and associated comorbidities for people with diabetes. To control health care spending in the US, it is imperative that we identify factors for reducing hospitalizations for these individuals. We used data from round five of the National Health and Aging Trends Study to identify predictors of hospitalization in the past 12 months for Medicare recipients ages 65 and older with diabetes. Previous research on the social determinants of health has demonstrated that social stressors like poverty and exposure to racism are associated with poorer health outcomes overall, but we did not find a statistically-significant association between race, gender or Medicaid dual-eligibility and hospitalization for our study population. Notably, receipt of SNAP benefits, Meals on Wheels services or other food assistance was associated with a 43% reduction in the risk of hospitalization in the past 12 months. As previous research has linked food insecurity with poorer medication adherence among individuals with Type II diabetes, food assistance programs appear to be an effective strategy for reducing hospitalizations associated with diabetes and its comorbidities.
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spelling pubmed-68458982019-11-18 FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AND REDUCED HOSPITALIZATIONS FOR OLDER ADULTS WITH DIABETES Johnson, Monyca L Walsh, Sarah E Innov Aging Session 890 (Poster) Diabetes is a an increasingly common and costly condition for older adults. Each year, as many as 1 in 3 Medicare dollars is spent to treat and manage diabetes and associated comorbidities for people with diabetes. To control health care spending in the US, it is imperative that we identify factors for reducing hospitalizations for these individuals. We used data from round five of the National Health and Aging Trends Study to identify predictors of hospitalization in the past 12 months for Medicare recipients ages 65 and older with diabetes. Previous research on the social determinants of health has demonstrated that social stressors like poverty and exposure to racism are associated with poorer health outcomes overall, but we did not find a statistically-significant association between race, gender or Medicaid dual-eligibility and hospitalization for our study population. Notably, receipt of SNAP benefits, Meals on Wheels services or other food assistance was associated with a 43% reduction in the risk of hospitalization in the past 12 months. As previous research has linked food insecurity with poorer medication adherence among individuals with Type II diabetes, food assistance programs appear to be an effective strategy for reducing hospitalizations associated with diabetes and its comorbidities. Oxford University Press 2019-11-08 /pmc/articles/PMC6845898/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz038.535 Text en © The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of America. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AND REDUCED HOSPITALIZATIONS FOR OLDER ADULTS WITH DIABETES
title_sort food assistance programs and reduced hospitalizations for older adults with diabetes
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