Health and healthcare for people with disabilities in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While emerging evidence shows increased mortality from COVID-19 among people with disability, evidence regarding whether there are disability-related inequalities in health during the pandemic is lacking.

Objective

This study compares access to COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 related health care and mental health of people with and without disability.

Methods

Longitudinal analysis of 12,703 adults (16-64 years) who participated in W9 (2017-2019) and the April and/or May COVID-19 special surveys of the UK Understanding Society study. Descriptive analyses and Poisson regression (adjusted for age, gender, ethnicity and financial stress) were conducted to estimate associations between disability (measured at Wave 9) and a number of different COVID-19-related health a

SUBMITTER: Kavanagh A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8285926 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature