Association Between Residential Neighborhood Social Conditions and Health Care Utilization and Costs

• Published in: Medical care Vol. 58; no. 7; p. 586
• Main Authors: Zhang, Yongkang, Ancker, Jessica S, Hall, Jaclyn, Khullar, Dhruv, Wu, Yiyuan, Kaushal, Rainu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.07.2020
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Cohort Studies; Correlation of Data; Female; Health Care Costs - standards; Health Care Costs - statistics & numerical data; Humans; Male; Medicare - organization & administration; Medicare - statistics & numerical data; Middle Aged; Patient Acceptance of Health Care - statistics & numerical data; Residence Characteristics - statistics & numerical data; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Social Conditions - statistics & numerical data; Socioeconomic Factors; United States; United States

Social factors are important drivers of health. However, it is unclear to what extent neighborhood social conditions are associated with total and preventable health care utilization and costs. To examine the association of neighborhood social conditions with total annual and potentially preventable...