Association between household food insecurity and annual health care costs

CMAJ

Volumn 187, Issue 14, 2015, Pages E429-E436

  Tarasuk, Valerie ^a   Cheng, Joyce ^a   De Oliveira, Claire ^a,b   Dachner, Naomi ^a   Gundersen, Craig ^c   Kurdyak, Paul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANADIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOOD INSECURITY; FOOD SECURITY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; ADOLESCENT; CATERING SERVICE; ECONOMICS; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; POVERTY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; POVERTY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84944315804     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.150234     Document Type: Article

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