EPH52 Healthcare Utilization Among Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS) Beneficiaries in 2019 By Historically Redlined Status of Place of Residence

Abstract

In the late 1930s, “redlining” practices, which considered the racial composition of an area, were used to indicate the level of security for real-estate investments in 239 United States cities. Our objective was to compare healthcare utilization between individuals residing in historically redlined and non-redlined areas to better understand the association between this discriminatory practice and health resource utilization in the U.S.