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Tuesday, May 25, 2021
Dear John,
Delayed and cancelled medical appointments due to the COVID-19 pandemic were common over the past year, but were certain populations more affected than others by these disruptions?
COVID-19 Delays And Cancellations
The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted patients and providers to delay or cancel a substantial share of medical care in the past year. Kevin Callison and Jason Ward examined the socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of patients who have been subject to these involuntary care disruptions.
Using survey data from May through October 2020, they found that "older age, being in fair or poor health, greater education, the presence of a work-limiting disability, and having health insurance coverage were associated with greater likelihood of experiencing an involuntary disruption in accessing medical care as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic."
Some of these findings are consistent with what we know about populations who experience a constant level of disruption across the health care system, but
others—respondents with higher levels of education experienced disruption—are less intuitive.
For all our pandemic-related content including articles, blog posts, podcasts, and more, visit our COVID-19 Resource Center.
On Thursday, June 3, 2021, you are invited to joinHealth Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil when he welcomes Elizabeth "Liz" Fowler, the new deputy administrator of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and director of its Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovations (CMMI), for an
in-depth discussion of the Biden administration’s plans and priorities for CMS and CMMI.
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Health Affairs is grateful to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Commonwealth Fund for their support of the special issue, "The Affordable Care Act Turns 10" (March 2020, Vol. 39, No. 3: 359-544), and this event.
Julia Adler-Milstein On Tracking The Evolution Of Health Information Exchange
Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Julia Adler-Milstein from the University of California San Francisco on the evolution of health information exchange organizations and health data governance.
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