People with Disabilities' Access to Medical Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic

This study explored people with disabilities' access to medical care during the COVID-19 pandemic. We analyzed United States Census Bureau COVID-19 Household Pulse Survey data from the second year of the pandemic (April-July 2021) from people with (n = 38,512) and without (n = 296,260) disabilities. During the second year of the pandemic, 30.8% of people with disabilities delayed getting medical care and 28.9% forwent needed care. People with disabilities were also significantly more likely to delay and forgo medical care than people without disabilities. Attention must be drawn to the unmet needs of people with disabilities and efforts must be made to expand their access to health care.PMID:38032296 | DOI:10.1080/19371918.2023.2288352
Source: Social Work in Public Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Source Type: research