{"id":3386,"date":"2021-01-22T10:26:38","date_gmt":"2021-01-22T18:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/?p=3386"},"modified":"2021-01-25T10:27:42","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T18:27:42","slug":"reports-of-forgone-medical-care-among-us-adults-during-the-initial-phase-of-the-covid-19-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/2021\/01\/22\/reports-of-forgone-medical-care-among-us-adults-during-the-initial-phase-of-the-covid-19-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Reports of Forgone Medical Care Among US Adults During the Initial Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Among 1,055 Americans adults who reported needing medical care between March and July of 2020, 544 (52%) reported forgoing care for any reason, 307 (29%) reported forgoing care due to fear of SARS-CoV-2 transmission, and 75 (7%) reported forgoing care due to financial concerns associated with the pandemic. In addition, 108 (8%) survey participants reported missing at least one dose of a prescription medication typically acquired at a retail pharmacy, and 38 of 74 respondents (51%) with a severe mental or physical health issue that emerged after the start of the pandemic reported forgoing care.<\/p>\n<p>Hispanic respondents, respondents between the ages of 18 to 49, respondents in households with annual incomes below $35,000, unemployed respondents, and respondents receiving Medicaid more often reported forgoing some form of care.<\/p>\n<p><i>Anderson et al. (Jan 21, 2021). Reports of Forgone Medical Care Among US Adults During the Initial Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Network Open. <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1001\/jamanetworkopen.2020.34882\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1001\/jamanetworkopen.2020.34882<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Among 1,055 Americans adults who reported needing medical care between March and July of 2020, 544 (52%) reported forgoing care for any reason, 307 (29%) reported forgoing care due to fear of SARS-CoV-2 transmission, and 75 (7%) reported forgoing care due to financial concerns associated with the pandemic. In addition, 108 (8%) survey participants reported&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/2021\/01\/22\/reports-of-forgone-medical-care-among-us-adults-during-the-initial-phase-of-the-covid-19-pandemic\/\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[29],"topic":[18],"class_list":["post-3386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article-summary","tag-public-health","topic-mental-health-and-personal-impact"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3386"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3387,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3386\/revisions\/3387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3386"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=3386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}