Changes in Health Care Access and Preventive Health Screenings by Race and Ethnicity.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The COVID-19 pandemic led to unprecedented disruptions in health care. Little is known about whether health care access and preventive health screenings among US adults have recovered to prepandemic levels, and how patterns varied by race and ethnicity.

Objective

To evaluate health care access and preventive health screenings among eligible US adults in 2021 and 2022 compared with prepandemic year 2019, overall and by race and ethnicity.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study used data from US adults aged 18 years or older who participated in the National Health Interview Survey in 2021 and 2022. Survey weights provided by the National Health Interview Survey were used to generate nationally representative estimates. Data were analyzed

SUBMITTER: Alba C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10837752 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature