The Association Between Hospital-Based Food Pantry Use and Subsequent Emergency Department Utilization Among Medicaid Patients With Diabetes.

J Ambul Care Manage

Author Affiliations: Department of Health Law, Policy, and Management, School of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts (Mr Lim, Dr Nguyen, Mr Goutos, Dr Shafer, Dr. Cole); and Boston University Chobanian Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts (Dr Buitron de la Vega).

Published: May 2024

We explored the association between the use of a hospital-based food pantry and subsequent emergency department (ED) utilization among Medicaid patients with diabetes in a large safety-net health system. Leveraging 2015-2019 electronic health record data, we used a staggered difference-in-differences approach to measure changes in ED use before vs after food pantry use. Food pantry use was associated with a 7.3 percentage point decrease per patient per quarter (95% confidence interval, -13.8 to -0.8) in the probability of subsequent ED utilization ( P = .03). Addressing food insecurity through hospital-based food pantries may be one mechanism for reducing ED use among low-income patients with diabetes.

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