Food Insecurity Was Associated With Greater Family Health Care Expenditures In The US, 2016-17.

ABSTRACT: Food insecurity has been associated with the health care expenditures of individuals, but it can affect the entire family. Evaluating the relationship between food insecurity and family expenditures provides a better understanding of the financial implications of food insecurity interventions. Our primary objective was to evaluate the association between food insecurity in one year (2016) and family health care expenditures-for all members, for children only, and for adults only-in the next year (2017). We also evaluated whether this association varied across types of insurance coverage within families: all private, all public, or mixed (including uninsured). Using nationally representative data, we found that food-insecure families had 20 percent greater total health care expenditures tha

SUBMITTER: Palakshappa D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10926282 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature