The COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread, exposing significant healthcare disparities within America’s healthcare system.
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread, exposing significant healthcare disparities within America’s healthcare system. According to Gallup’s recent report, 14% of U.S. adults would not seek treatment for COVID-19 symptoms because of the cost of care. As part of a larger study on public opinion and healthcare costs, this report outlines several socioeconomic factors that may play a role in someone avoiding medical care, especially during the outbreak.
Read the full article from Drug Topics® for a more in-depth analysis of this report and its findings.
Contemporary OB/GYN Senior Editor Angie DeRosa gets insight on the current state of COVID-19 from Christina Han, MD, division director of maternal-fetal medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, and member of its COVID-19 task force. Han is an active member of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine and discusses the issues on behalf of SMFM.
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