Impact of a New York City supportive housing program on Medicaid expenditure patterns among people with serious mental illness and chronic homelessness.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A rapid increase of Medicaid expenditures has been a serious concern, and housing stability has been discussed as a means to reduce Medicaid costs. A program evaluation of a New York City supportive housing program has assessed the association between supportive housing tenancy and Medicaid savings among New York City housing program applicants with serious mental illness and chronic homelessness or dual diagnoses of mental illness and substance use disorder, stratified by distinctive Medicaid expenditure patterns.

Methods

The evaluation used matched data from administrative records for 2827 people. Sequence analysis identified 6 Medicaid expenditure patterns during 2 years prior to baseline among people placed in the program (n = 737) and people eligible but not

SUBMITTER: Lim S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5761184 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature