Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Groups May Have Underused The Emergency Department For Nonavoidable Visits, 2018-22.

In the decades preceding the COVID-19 pandemic, emergency department (ED) use increased more rapidly for socioeconomically disadvantaged patients than for advantaged patients, often because of barriers to accessing office-based care. However, it remains unknown whether the pandemic has had durable effects on socioeconomic disparities in ED use. We conducted a retrospective cohort study of ED visits in the US, using multipayer claims data.

Demographic Variation In US Outpatient Hydroxychloroquine And Ivermectin Use During The COVID-19 Pandemic.

As COVID-19 surged across the US starting in 2020, so too did the use of repurposed medications such as hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin to treat COVID-19 infections. Use of these medications throughout the public health emergency and across demographic subgroups is not well understood. Using insurance claims from the MedInsight Emerging Experience Research Database for 8.