Public housing and healthcare use: an investigation using linked administrative data.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:This study investigated whether a move to public housing affects people's use of healthcare services. METHOD:Using administrative data from Manitoba, the number of hospitalizations, general practitioner (GP), specialist and emergency department (ED) visits, and prescription drugs dispensed in the years before and after the housing move-in date (2012/2013) were measured for a public housing and matched cohort. Generalized linear models with generalized estimating equations tested for differences between the cohorts in utilization trends. The data were modeled using Poisson (rate ratio, RR), negative binomial (incident rate ratio, IRR), and binomial (odds ratio, OR) distributions. RESULTS:GP visits (IRR = 1.04, 95% CI 1.01-1.06) and prescriptions (IRR = 1.04, 95% CI 1.02-1.05) incr

SUBMITTER: Hinds AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6964390 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature