8. PINCHUAN ONG
Information acquired: 2025
PINCHUAN ONG is an academic who published a paper in 2018 entitled Does the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Affect Hospital Utilization Among Older Adults? T. PINCHUAN ONG published this work as part of a team: Samuel, Laura J.. Here is a description of this work: Thi,, study sought to examine whether Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participation and benefit levels are associated with reduced subsequent hospital and emergency department utilization in low-income older adults. Study participants were 68, 956 Maryland residents aged ≥65 years who were dually enrolled in Medicare and Medicaid (2009â€"2012). Annual inpatient hospital days and costs and emergency department visits were modeled as a function of either 1-year lagged SNAP participation or lagged SNAP benefit amounts, controlling for sociodemographic characteristics, autoregressive effects, year, health status, and Medicaid participation. SNAP participation (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] = 0. 96, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0. 93, 0. 99), and, among participants, each $10 increase in monthly benefits (aOR = 0. 99,.