Relationship of neighborhood and individual socioeconomic status on mortality among older adults: Evidence from cross-level interaction analyses.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The influence of community context and individual socioeconomic status on health is widely recognized. However, the dynamics of how the relationship of neighborhood context on health varies by individual socioeconomic status is less well understood.

Objective

To examine the relationship between neighborhood context and mortality among older adults and examine how the influence of neighborhood context on mortality differs by individual socioeconomic status, using two measures of income-level and homeownership.

Research design and subjects

A retrospective study of 362,609 Medicare Advantage respondents to the 2014-2015 Medicare Health Outcomes Survey aged 65 and older.

Measures

Neighborhood context was defined using the deciles of the Area Deprivation

SUBMITTER: Kim T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9119539 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature