ArticleAmerican journal of preventive medicine2024
Health Insurance and Access to Care in U.S. Working-Age Adults Experiencing Long COVID.
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- Investigating the Variables Associated with Having a Functional Limitation Among Adults with Long COVID: A Cross-Sectional Database Study Using the United States Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Life Satisfaction and Sleep Health among College Students in the United States.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026Article
- Postacute COVID-19 Symptoms and Health Care Utilization and Spending Among Traditional Medicare Beneficiaries.JAMA network open · 2026Article
- Barriers to Long COVID Care in the U.S.: An Application of Levesque et al.'s Access Framework.Health care analysis : HCA : journal of health philosophy and policy · 2026Article
- Healthcare utilization patterns before and after a long COVID diagnosis: a case-control study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Functional disabilities and adverse well-being by COVID-19 and Long COVID history and employment status: 2022 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.American journal of industrial medicine · 2024Article
- Factors associated with access to health services among people with long COVID in the Brazilian Amazon.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Use and Characteristics of Clinical Coding for Post-COVID Conditions in a Retrospective US Cohort.Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMPArticle
- Post-COVID-19 conditions identified by ICD-10-CM code in a cohort of U.S. primary care patients, 2021 - 2023.Journal of multimorbidity and comorbidityArticle
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Abstract
introductionLong COVID encompasses a wide range of health problems that emerge, persist, or recur following acute coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) illness. Given that the prevalence of self-reported Long COVID is highest among U.S. adults in their prime working years, it is important to identify unmet needs and gaps in healthcare access and coverage among working-age adults.
methodsPrevalences (95% confidence intervals [CI]) of health insurance coverage and access to care by Long COVID status were estimated among adults 18-64 years (n=18,117), accounting for survey design and weighted to the U.S. non-institutionalized population in the 2022 National Health Interview Survey. Analyses were conducted in 2023.
resultsOverall, 3.7% (95% CI 3.4, 4.0) of respondents were experiencing Long COVID. Adults experiencing Long COVID were less likely to report being uninsured relative to adults not experiencing Long COVID (p=0.004); however, 49.0% (95% CI 43.2, 54.7) had high deductible health plans. Adjusting for sociodemographic characteristics, adults experiencing Long COVID were more likely to access healthcare compared to adults not experiencing Long COVID (p<0.01 for seeing a doctor, telemedicine appointments, ≥2 urgent care visits, ≥2 emergency department visits, and hospitalized overnight). Despite more frequent healthcare use, adults experiencing Long COVID were also more likely to abstain from and delay medical care, therapy, and prescriptions due to cost compared to adults not experiencing Long COVID (p<0.0001 for all comparisons).
conclusionsThese findings may be used to inform healthcare planning for adults experiencing Long COVID and highlight the ongoing need to improve access and affordability of quality and comprehensive care.
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