As health care costs continue to skyrocket, people have begun looking at other factors that can contribute to people’s overall wellbeing. By catching problems before they escalate, services such a food deliveries can curb expensive trips to the ER.
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Providing home-delivered meals to food insecure people may decrease healthcare spending, according to a study published by Health Affairs. For the study, researchers examined data for members of Commonwealth Care Alliance, a Boston-based nonprofit healthcare organization that serves adults ages 21 to 64 who are dually eligible for MassHealth (Medicaid) and Medicare.
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A study conducted in Massachusetts suggests that making regular deliveries of meals to people who were deemed “food insecure” drove down their use of costly medical services such as emergency department visits, ambulance calls and, in some cases, hospital admissions.
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