COVID-19: Salt in the Wound of Health Care Inequality and the Cause of a New Health Care Disparity

The year 2020 will forever be associated with a new chapter in the history of global health, COVID-19. However, this new chapter would have a similar message because many other chapters were written before it. The COVID-19 pandemic would disproportionately affect minorities, those of low socioeconom...

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Published inPhysician assistant clinics Vol. 7; no. 1; p. 191
Main Author Pieper, Sarah
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.01.2022
Subjects
COVID-19
Nosocomial COVID-19 infections
Health inequality
Non–COVID-19 health conditions
Health care disparity
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Summary:The year 2020 will forever be associated with a new chapter in the history of global health, COVID-19. However, this new chapter would have a similar message because many other chapters were written before it. The COVID-19 pandemic would disproportionately affect minorities, those of low socioeconomic class, and those with limited access to health care. However, COVID-19 would also bring about a new health care disparity, limiting access to medical care for those with non COVID-19 related medical needs.
ISSN:2405-8009
DOI:10.1016/j.cpha.2021.08.009