Study Rundown: Nutrition and diet are major contributors to maintaining health, and have an impact on clinical outcomes of chronic diseases such as diabetes, congestive heart failure, and renal disease. The development of medically-tailored meal (MTM) programs has sought to improve overall health for medically complex individuals by providing prepackaged meals developed by dieticians to optimize the impact of diet on health maintenance.
Read MoreA retrospective cohort study was conducted using near/far matching instrumental variable analysis. Data from the 2011-2015 Massachusetts All-Payer Claims database and Community Servings, a not-for-profit organization delivering medically tailored meals (MTMs), were linked. The study was conducted from December 15, 2016, to January 16, 2019. Recipients of MTMs who had at least 360 days of preintervention claims data were matched to nonrecipients on the basis of demographic, clinical, and neighborhood characteristics.
Read MoreA new study led by Seth A. Berkowitz, MD, MPH, a physician and assistant professor in the division of general medicine and clinical epidemiology at the UNC School of Medicine, has found that participation in a medically tailored meals program was associated with fewer hospital admissions and nursing home admissions, and less overall medical spending.
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