Exhaustion Of Food Budgets At Month’s End And Hospital Admissions For Hypoglycemia
Title
Exhaustion Of Food Budgets At Month’s End And Hospital Admissions For Hypoglycemia
Creator
Seligman HK; Bolger AF; Guzman D; López A; Bibbins-Domingo K
Identifier
Publisher
Health Affairs
Date
2014
Subject
Determinants Of Health; Disparities
Description
One in seven US households cannot reliably afford food. Food budgets are more frequently exhausted at the end of a month than at other points in time. We postulated that this monthly pattern influenced health outcomes, such as risk for hypoglycemia among people with diabetes. Using administrative data on inpatient admissions in California for 2000–08, we found that admissions for hypoglycemia were more common in the low-income than the high-income population (270 versus 200 admissions per 100,000). Risk for hypoglycemia admission increased 27 percent in the last week of the month compared to the first week in the low-income population, but we observed no similar temporal variation in the high-income population. These findings suggest that exhaustion of food budgets might be an important driver of health inequities. Policy solutions to improve stable access to nutrition in low-income populations and raise awareness of the health risks of food insecurity might be warranted.
2014-01
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Type
Journal Article
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Citation
Seligman HK; Bolger AF; Guzman D; López A; Bibbins-Domingo K, “Exhaustion Of Food Budgets At Month’s End And Hospital Admissions For Hypoglycemia,” Pediatric Palliative Care Library, accessed April 25, 2024, https://pedpalascnetlibrary.omeka.net/items/show/14846.