Changes in Health Services Use Among Commercially Insured US Populations During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has placed unprecedented strain on patients and health care professionals and institutions, but the association of the pandemic with use of preventive, elective, and nonelective care, as well as potential disparities in use of health care, remain unknown.

Objective

To examine changes in health care use during the first 2 months of the COVID-19 pandemic in March and April of 2020 relative to March and April of 2019 and 2018, and to examine whether changes in use differ by patient's zip code-level race/ethnicity or income.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study analyzed health insurance claims for patients from all 50 US states who receive health insurance through their employers. Changes

SUBMITTER: Whaley CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7645698 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature