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1 to 2 of 2 Research Studies DisplayedAnderson KE, McGinty EE, Presskreischer R
Reports of forgone medical care among US adults during the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic.
This survey measured the frequency of foregone medical care due to COVID-19 from March to mid-July 2020. Johns Hopkins created the COVID-19 Civic Life and Public Health Survey wave 1, with 1468 individuals completing the survey. The sample of respondents were 52% women, 63% non-Hispanic White, 12% Black, and 17% Hispanic. The mean age of respondents was 48 years. A total of 41% of respondents forwent medical care during the March to mid-July time period. Among the 1055 individuals who reported needing care, 52% reported forgoing care for any reason, 29% forwent care owing to fear of COVID-19 transmission, and 7% forwent care owing to financial concerns associated with the pandemic. Respondents lacking any health insurance were more likely to forgo care than respondents with Medicare or commercial insurance.
AHRQ-funded; HS000029.
Citation: Anderson KE, McGinty EE, Presskreischer R .
Reports of forgone medical care among US adults during the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic.
JAMA Netw Open 2021 Jan 4;4(1):e2034882. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.34882..
Keywords: COVID-19, Access to Care, Healthcare Utilization, Public Health, Infectious Diseases
Bartsch SM, Ferguson MC, McKinnell JA
The potential health care costs and resource use associated with COVID-19 in the United States.
The authors developed a Monte Carlo simulation model representing the U.S. Population and what can happen to every person who gets infected with COVID-19. The goal was to estimate resource use and direct medical costs per infection at the national level at different infection rates. They found that a single symptomatic COVID-19 infection would cost a median of $3,045 in direct medical costs. If 80% of the population got infected it would cost $654.0 billion in direct costs during the course of the pandemic. If 20% were to become infected, direct costs are estimated at $163.4 billion.
AHRQ-funded; HS023317.
Citation: Bartsch SM, Ferguson MC, McKinnell JA .
The potential health care costs and resource use associated with COVID-19 in the United States.
Health Aff 2020 Jun;39(6):927-35. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2020.00426..
Keywords: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Healthcare Costs, COVID-19, Healthcare Utilization