Rental Housing Deposits and Health Care Use.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Housing deposits and tenancy supports have become new Medicaid benefits in multiple states; however, evidence on impacts from these specific housing interventions is limited.

Objective

To evaluate the association of rental housing deposits and health care use among Medicaid beneficiaries receiving social needs case management as part of a Whole-Person Care (Medicaid 1115 waiver) pilot program in California.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study compared changes in health care use among a group of adults who received a housing deposit between October 2018 and December 2021 along with case management vs a matched comparison group who received case management only in Contra Costa County, California, a large county in the San Francisco Bay Area. A

SUBMITTER: Knox MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11380099 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature