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ArticleThe Milbank quarterly2021

Long COVID and Health Inequities: The Role of Primary Care.

Zackary Berger, Vivian Altiery DE Jesus, Sabrina A Assoumou, Trisha Greenhalgh

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Article in The Milbank quarterly, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 91 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

91 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. Psychosocial Aspects of the Lived Experience of Long COVID: A Systematic Review and Thematic Synthesis of Qualitative Studies.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2024
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  19. Living With Long COVID: Everyday Experiences, Health Information Barriers and Patients' Quality of Life.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Zackary BergerJohns Hopkins School of Medicine.
Vivian Altiery DE JesusUniversity of Puerto Rico School of Medicine.
Sabrina A AssoumouBoston University School of Medicine.
Trisha GreenhalghUniversity of Oxford.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Policy Points An estimated 700,000 people in the United States have "long COVID," that is, symptoms of COVID-19 persisting beyond three weeks. COVID-19 and its long-term sequelae are strongly influenced by social determinants such as poverty and by structural inequalities such as racism and discrimination. Primary care providers are in a unique position to provide and coordinate care for vulnerable patients with long COVID. Policy measures should include strengthening primary care, optimizing data quality, and addressing the multiple nested domains of inequity.

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Health Status DisparitiesSocial Determinants of HealthCOVID-19Health Care CostsHumansPost-Acute COVID-19 SyndromePovertyPrimary Health CareRacismUnited States

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PMID33783907
PMCPMC8241274

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