Avoidance of Emergency Care in the Southeastern United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic

In a low-income cohort in the Southeastern United States, 5% of participants avoided emergency medical care during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, primarily due to fear and visitor restrictions. Younger age, self-perceived lower health status, lack of a personal doctor, and decreased income w...

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Autores principales: Gettler, Erin, Stern, Rebecca, Ni, Bin, Munro, Heather M, Steinwandel, Mark, Aronoff, David M, Gupta, Deepak K, Sanderson, Maureen, Shrubsole, Martha J, Lipworth, Loren
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2022
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Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9043001/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35493125
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofac161
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author Gettler, Erin
Stern, Rebecca
Ni, Bin
Munro, Heather M
Steinwandel, Mark
Aronoff, David M
Gupta, Deepak K
Sanderson, Maureen
Shrubsole, Martha J
Lipworth, Loren
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Stern, Rebecca
Ni, Bin
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Aronoff, David M
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Lipworth, Loren
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description In a low-income cohort in the Southeastern United States, 5% of participants avoided emergency medical care during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, primarily due to fear and visitor restrictions. Younger age, self-perceived lower health status, lack of a personal doctor, and decreased income were associated with greater likelihood of deferring emergency care.
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spelling pubmed-90430012022-04-27 Avoidance of Emergency Care in the Southeastern United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic Gettler, Erin Stern, Rebecca Ni, Bin Munro, Heather M Steinwandel, Mark Aronoff, David M Gupta, Deepak K Sanderson, Maureen Shrubsole, Martha J Lipworth, Loren Open Forum Infect Dis Brief Report In a low-income cohort in the Southeastern United States, 5% of participants avoided emergency medical care during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, primarily due to fear and visitor restrictions. Younger age, self-perceived lower health status, lack of a personal doctor, and decreased income were associated with greater likelihood of deferring emergency care. Oxford University Press 2022-04-08 /pmc/articles/PMC9043001/ /pubmed/35493125 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofac161 Text en © The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial reproduction and distribution of the work, in any medium, provided the original work is not altered or transformed in any way, and that the work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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Gettler, Erin
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Aronoff, David M
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Sanderson, Maureen
Shrubsole, Martha J
Lipworth, Loren
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35493125
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofac161
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