Social inequalities in medical appointment cancellations and reschedulings at the onset of the COVID-19 epidemic in France.

ABSTRACT: Inconsistent results are found regarding social inequalities related to healthcare appointment cancellations during the COVID-19 crisis. Whether rescheduling was associated with social status is unknown. By studying both cancellations and rescheduling, we comprehensively describe which social groups were affected by care disruption. First follow-up of a random population-based cohort was used, including 95 118 people aged 18 or older at baseline and who live in France. Poisson and multinomial regressions were used to study social factors associated with experiencing both medical appointment cancellation by health professionals during the first COVID-19 lockdown, and rescheduling within six months. Among all individuals (including those without scheduled appointment), 21.1% reported cancell

SUBMITTER: Pousson JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11293806 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature