Trends and disparities in health status and health care in the United States during COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Concerns exist over a possible worsening of disparities in health status and health care access across racial/ethnic and income groups during the COVID-19 pandemic. We aimed to characterize trends in racial/ethnic and income differences in self-reported measures of health status and health care access among US adults.

Methods

This serial cross-sectional nationally representative study included adults (age ≥ 18 years) participating in the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) from 2019 to 2022. Self-reported health status (poor or fair health status, functional limitation, clinician-diagnosed depression or anxiety disorders) and health care access and affordability were collected.

Results

Our analysis included 107,230 adults (mean [SE] age, 48.1 [0.1] year

SUBMITTER: Wu Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12357392 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature