Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Progam benefits and emergency room visits for hypoglycaemia.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The present study examines the connection between the timing and size of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits and the occurrence of emergency room (ER) visits for hypoglycaemia, a condition that is highly sensitive to short-term changes in nutritional intake.

Design

We used administrative data from Missouri SNAP and Medicaid to identify the timing of issuance and the benefit size of SNAP and the timing of ER claims for hypoglycaemia. We estimated the probability of submitting an ER claim for hypoglycaemia as a function of the calendar week, SNAP benefit week and the size of the SNAP benefit in models that controlled for individual demographic characteristics.

Setting

Missouri SNAP caseload from January 2010 to December 2013 linked to adu

SUBMITTER: Heflin C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10261533 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature