Preventable Differences in Recommended Outpatient COVID-19 Treatment Among Adults With COVID-19 in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed differences in health care outcomes, including the prescription of COVID-19 antiviral medications. This analysis aimed to describe prescribing patterns in outpatient COVID-19 treatment and assess factors that contributed to these differences.

Methods

A cross-sectional analysis was conducted using electronic health record data from August 2022 through March 2024 from health care institutions participating in PCORnet,® the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network. Descriptive statistics were used to characterize COVID-19 outpatients eligible for treatment, and regression models were used to calculate adjusted prevalence ratios (aPR) of prescribed COVID-19 outpatient treatment. Interaction terms assessed the interactions betwe

SUBMITTER: Bournigal-Feliciano M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12783340 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature