Social Determinants of Health Influence Future Health Care Costs in the Medicaid Cohort of the District of Columbia Study.

ABSTRACT: Policy Points Social determinants of health are an important predictor of future health care costs. Medicaid must partner with other sectors to address the underlying causes of its beneficiaries' poor health and high health care spending.

Context

Social determinants of health are an important predictor of future health care costs but little is known about their impact on Medicaid spending. This study analyzes the role of social determinants of health (SDH) in predicting future health care costs for adult Medicaid beneficiaries with similar past morbidity burdens and past costs.

Methods

We enrolled into a prospective cohort study 8,892 adult Medicaid beneficiaries who presented for treatment at an emergency department or clinic affiliated with two hospitals in Washington, DC,

SUBMITTER: McCarthy ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9576227 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature