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Reports of Forgone Medical Care Among US Adults During the Initial Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic

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• ¹ Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.

• PMID: 33475757
• PMCID: PMC7821029
• DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.34882

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Kelly E Anderson et al. JAMA Netw Open. 2021.

• ¹ Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.

• PMID: 33475757
• PMCID: PMC7821029
• DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.34882

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Importance: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused major disruptions in the US health care system.

Objective: To estimate frequency of and reasons for reported forgone medical care from March to mid-July 2020 and examine characteristics of US adults who reported forgoing care.

Design, setting, and participants: This survey study used data from the second wave of the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 Civic Life and Public Health Survey, fielded from July 7 to July 22, 2020. Respondents included a national sample of 1337 individuals aged 18 years or older in the US who were part of National Opinion Research Center's AmeriSpeak Panel.

Exposures: The initial period of the COVID-19 pandemic in the US, defined as from March to mid-July 2020.

Main outcomes and measures: The primary outcomes were missed doses of prescription medications; forgone preventive and other general medical care, mental health care, and elective surgeries; forgone care for new severe health issues; and reasons for forgoing care.

Results: Of 1468 individuals who completed wave 1 of the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 Civic Life and Public Health Survey (70.4% completion rate), 1337 completed wave 2 (91.1% completion rate). The sample of respondents included 691 (52%) women, 840 non-Hispanic White individuals (63%), 160 non-Hispanic Black individuals (12%), and 223 Hispanic individuals (17%). The mean (SE) age of respondents was 48 (0.78) years. A total of 544 respondents (41%) forwent medical care from March through mid-July 2020. Among 1055 individuals (79%) who reported needing care, 544 (52%) reported forgoing care for any reason, 307 (29%) forwent care owing to fear of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission, and 75 (7%) forwent care owing to financial concerns associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Respondents who were unemployed, compared with those who were employed, forwent care more often (121 of 186 respondents [65%] vs 251 of 503 respondents [50%]; P = .01) and were more likely to attribute forgone care to fear of SARS-CoV-2 transmission (78 of 186 respondents [42%] vs 120 of 503 respondents [24%]; P = .002) and financial concerns (36 of 186 respondents [20%] vs 28 of 503 respondents [6%]; P = .001). Respondents lacking health insurance were more likely to attribute forgone care to financial concerns than respondents with Medicare or commercial coverage (19 of 88 respondents [22%] vs 32 of 768 respondents [4%]; P < .001). Frequency of and reasons for forgone care differed in some instances by race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, age, and health status.

Conclusions and relevance: This survey study found a high frequency of forgone care among US adults from March to mid-July 2020. Policies to improve health care affordability and to reassure individuals that they can safely seek care may be necessary with surging COVID-19 case rates.

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Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Ms Anderson previous employment from The Lewin Group outside the submitted work. No other disclosures were reported.

Forgone medical…

Forgone medical care includes missing 1 or more doses of a medicine the respondent typically picked-up or had someone else pick-up from a retail pharmacy; missing a scheduled health care visit, including a preventive care visit, general medical outpatient visit, mental health outpatient visit, or elective surgical procedure; or not receiving care for a new severe (defined based on self-report as severity 4-5 on a scale of 1-5) physical or mental health issue. Individuals could report multiple types of forgone care during the period of March through mid-July 2020.

Respondents were prompted to select the reasons that best described why they missed taking a dose(s) of medication or missed a previously scheduled health care appointment. Respondents were allowed to select more than 1 reason. Practitioner practice being closed was not a response option for individuals who reported missing a dose of prescription medication. COVID-19 indicates coronavirus disease 2019; SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.

Responses are based on the time period of March through mid-July 2020, during the initial phase of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in the United States. SARS-CoV-2 indicates severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.

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