Using the Moving to Opportunity Experiment to Investigate the Long-Term Impact of Neighborhoods on Healthcare Use by Specific Clinical Conditions and Type of Service

We performed a secondary analysis of the Moving to Opportunity (MTO) social experiment to investigate the impact of different types of housing assistance and neighborhood environments on long-term patterns of healthcare use for specific conditions and across different types of healthcare services. M...

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Published in:Housing policy debate 2023, Vol.33 (1), p.269-289
Main Authors: Pollack, Craig Evan, Bozzi, Debra G., Blackford, Amanda L., DeLuca, Stefanie, Thornton, Rachel L. J., Herring, Bradley
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adults
Asthma
Child poverty
Children
emergency department visits
Environmental aspects
Government programs
Health care
Health services
Hospitalization
hospitalizations
Housing
housing mobility
Housing policy
Long term
Medicaid
Medical equipment
Medicine
Mental disorders
Mental health
Mental health services
Neighborhoods
Outpatient services
Poverty
Psychiatric services
Randomization
Residential patterns
Secondary analysis
Social services
Statistical analysis
Vouchers
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Summary:We performed a secondary analysis of the Moving to Opportunity (MTO) social experiment to investigate the impact of different types of housing assistance and neighborhood environments on long-term patterns of healthcare use for specific conditions and across different types of healthcare services. MTO participants, who were randomized at baseline, were linked to up to 21 years' worth of all-payer hospital discharge and Medicaid data. Among the 9,170 children at the time of randomization, those who received a voucher had subsequent hospital admissions rates that were 36% lower for asthma and 30% lower for mental health disorders compared with the control group; rates of psychiatric services, outpatient hospital services, clinic services, and durable medical equipment were also lower among the voucher groups. Findings for adults were not statistically significant. The results suggest that housing policies that reduce neighborhood poverty exposure as a child are associated with lower subsequent healthcare use for specific clinical conditions and types of services.
ISSN:1051-1482
2152-050X
DOI:10.1080/10511482.2021.1951804