Health care disparities during the COVID-19 pandemic

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, is a pandemic with more than 32 million cases and more than 500,000 deaths nationwide. With the significant health consequences seen secondary to COVID-19, health care disparities have been further exacer...

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Published inSeminars in vascular surgery Vol. 34; no. 3; pp. 82 - 88
Main Authors Andraska, Elizabeth Ann, Alabi, Olamide, Dorsey, Chelsea, Erben, Young, Velazquez, Gabriela, Franco-Mesa, Camila, Sachdev, Ulka
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 01.09.2021
Published by Elsevier Inc
Subjects
COVID-19
Healthcare Disparities
Humans
Pandemics
Review
SARS-CoV-2
Surgery
United States - epidemiology
United States
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Summary:Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, is a pandemic with more than 32 million cases and more than 500,000 deaths nationwide. With the significant health consequences seen secondary to COVID-19, health care disparities have been further exacerbated. Mechanisms that have been proposed to account for the increased disparity seen during the COVID-19 pandemic are multifactorial. This review of the literature outlines the unique barriers to health and disparities that are associated with vulnerable communities who have been most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.
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ISSN:0895-7967
1558-4518
1558-4518
DOI:10.1053/j.semvascsurg.2021.08.002