Association of Health Status With Receipt of Supplemental Security Income Among Individuals With Severe Disabilities and Very Low Income and Assets

Rajan A Sonik; Susan L Parish; Monika Mitra

doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.8609

Association of Health Status With Receipt of Supplemental Security Income Among Individuals With Severe Disabilities and Very Low Income and Assets

JAMA Intern Med. 2019 Jun 1;179(6):842-843. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.8609.

Authors

Rajan A Sonik¹, Susan L Parish², Monika Mitra³

Affiliations

¹ Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, The Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
² Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Lurie Institute for Disability Policy, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts.

Abstract

This study assesses the association of health status with receipt of Supplemental Security Income by comparing the health patterns among individuals before vs after entry into the program.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Adult
Disabled Persons / statistics & numerical data*
Eligibility Determination / statistics & numerical data
Female
Health Status
Humans
Income / statistics & numerical data*
Insurance, Disability / economics*
Insurance, Disability / statistics & numerical data
Male
Poverty / statistics & numerical data*
Social Security / economics*
Social Security / statistics & numerical data
Socioeconomic Factors
United States

Grants and funding

R03 HS026317/HS/AHRQ HHS/United States