The association between household food insecurity and healthcare costs among Canadian children.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the relationship between household food insecurity and healthcare costs in children living in Ontario, Canada.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional, population-based study using four cycles of the Canadian Community Health Survey (2007-2008, 2009-2010, 2011-2012, 2013-2014) linked with administrative health databases (ICES). We included Ontario children aged 1-17 years with a measure of household food insecurity (Household Food Security Survey Module) over the previous 12 months. Our primary outcome was the direct public-payer healthcare costs per child over the same time period (in Canadian dollars, standardized to year 2020). We used gamma-log-transformed generalized estimating equations accounting for the clustering of children to examine this relat

SUBMITTER: Clemens KK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10868558 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature