Associations among social needs, health and healthcare utilization, and desire for navigation services among US Medicaid beneficiaries with type 2 diabetes

• Published in: Health & social care in the community Vol. 30; no. 3; pp. 1035 - 1044
• Main Authors: McQueen, Amy, Kreuter, Matthew W., Herrick, Cynthia J., Li, Linda, Brown, Derek S., Haire‐Joshu, Debra
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.05.2022
• Subjects: Beneficiaries; Body mass index; Body weight; Cognitive functioning; Conceptual models; Cross-Sectional Studies; Diabetes; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - therapy; Diabetics; Food security; Health care expenditures; health education; Health indicators; health services marketing; Health services utilization; Health status; Healthy food; holistic health; Humans; Insecurity; Intervention; low‐income population; Medicaid; Medicine; Mental Health; Mental health services; Money; Navigation; Needs; Patient Acceptance of Health Care; patient navigators; Psychological distress; Self care; Sleep; Sleep disorders; Smoking; social determinants of health; Social services; Telephone surveys; type 2 diabetes; Type 2 diabetes mellitus; United States; United States; health education; social determinants of health; type 2 diabetes; health services marketing; patient navigators; low-income population; holistic health

The purpose of this study was to better understand the number and types of social needs experienced by Medicaid beneficiaries with type 2 diabetes, and how their social needs are associated with key health indicators. Also examined were factors that influence patients’ interest in navigation service...