Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participation and health care expenditures among low-income adults

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 177, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 1642-1649

  Berkowitz, Seth A ^a,b   Seligman, Hilary K ^c,d   Rigdon, Joseph ^e   Meigs, James B ^a,b   Basu, Sanjay ^b,e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMERICAN; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOOD ASSISTANCE; FOOD INSECURITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART DISEASE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MEDICARE; OBESITY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; CATERING SERVICE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH SURVEY; INCOME; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOOD ASSISTANCE; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; POVERTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85033546573     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.4841     Document Type: Article

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