Healthcare Access

There is a large and growing literature quantifying disparities in outcomes related to COVID-19, but less is known about how the pandemic has affected access to care as well as associated health outcomes among vulnerable populations.

COVID-19 has led to disruptions and delays in routine pediatric care, including for children with diabetes. Routine pediatric visits have been reduced or transitioned to telemedicine due to COVID- 19, creating barriers for those without technology and internet capabilities.

There is a critical need to develop and test scalable digital approaches which can identify, address and support the well-being of healthcare workers (HCW) over time and beyond the pandemic.

The pandemic has disrupted care transitions from hospitals to home healthcare agencies and nursing homes, which may lead to important health outcomes consequences, including the widening of existing health disparities.

Reduced routine access to health care providers and prescribed medications, coupled with risky health behaviors during the pandemic, may substantially exasperate existing disparities in healthcare utilization, non-adherence to management of chronic conditions, unhealthy lifestyles, and poorer health outcomes among underserved African American older adults.