Open AccessAssociation Between Residential Neighborhood Social Conditions and Health Care Utilization and Costs
Author(s) -
Yongkang Zhang,
Jessica S. Ancker,
Jaclyn Hall,
Dhruv Khullar,
Yongwei Wu,
Rainu Kaushal
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
medical care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.632
H-Index - 178
eISSN - 1537-1948
pISSN - 0025-7079
DOI - 10.1097/mlr.0000000000001337
Subject(s) - medicine , disadvantaged , socioeconomic status , social deprivation , confidence interval , demography , health care , social determinants of health , environmental health , gerontology , public health , population , economics , economic growth , nursing , sociology , political science , law
Social factors are important drivers of health. However, it is unclear to what extent neighborhood social conditions are associated with total and preventable health care utilization and costs.