Geographic disparities in physical and mental health comorbidities and socioeconomic status of residence among Medicaid beneficiaries in Utah.

ABSTRACT: To examine the relationship between socioeconomic deprivation and complex needs, defined as mental and physical comorbidities, we conducted a cross-sectional retrospective cohort analysis of adult Utah Medicaid beneficiaries. Our analysis included Medicaid beneficiaries with geocoded addresses aged ≥18 years in Utah (N = 157,739). We geocoded beneficiary addresses and assigned them to census block groups. We compared the socioeconomic status of block groups (Singh's area deprivation index) with the proportion of complex needs, defined based on cluster analysis as 1 physical condition with depression or ≥ 2 physical with ≥1 mental health condition. Spatial mapping was performed of prevalence quantiles grouped by count overlaid with Medicaid-covered mental health facilities. Prevalenc

SUBMITTER: Horth RZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11743258 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature