Receipt of medications for chronic disease during the first 2 years of COVID-19

JAMA Network Open

2023-05-17

(Press-News.org) About The Study: This study of 18.1 million beneficiaries of fee-for service Medicare found that, in contrast to in-person health services, receipt of medications for chronic conditions was relatively stable in the first 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic overall, across racial and ethnic groups, and for community-dwelling patients with dementia. This finding of stability may hold lessons for other outpatient services during the next pandemic.

Authors: Nancy E. Morden, M.D., M.P.H., of the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth in Lebanon, New Hampshire, is the corresponding author.

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