Risk Factors Associated With Food Insecurity in the Medicare Population

JAMA Intern Med. 2020 Jan 1;180(1):144-147. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.3900.

Authors

Jeanne M Madden^{1

2}, Prathwish S Shetty¹, Fang Zhang², Becky A Briesacher¹, Dennis Ross-Degnan², Stephen B Soumerai², Alison A Galbraith²

Affiliations

¹ School of Pharmacy, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, Massachusetts.

Abstract

This analysis of survey data presents national estimates of food insecurity prevalence within the Medicare population.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Female
Food Insecurity / economics*
Humans
Male
Medicare / statistics & numerical data*
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
United States

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