TY - JOUR
T1 - Long COVID and Health Inequities
T2 - The Role of Primary Care
AU - Berger, Zackary
AU - Altiery De Jesus, Vivian
AU - Assoumou, Sabrina A.
AU - Greenhalgh, Trisha
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Milbank Memorial Fund
PY - 2021/6
Y1 - 2021/6
N2 - Policy Points An estimated 700,000 people in the United States have “long COVID,” that is, symptoms of COVID-19 persisting beyond three weeks. COVID-19 and its long-term sequelae are strongly influenced by social determinants such as poverty and by structural inequalities such as racism and discrimination. Primary care providers are in a unique position to provide and coordinate care for vulnerable patients with long COVID. Policy measures should include strengthening primary care, optimizing data quality, and addressing the multiple nested domains of inequity.
AB - Policy Points An estimated 700,000 people in the United States have “long COVID,” that is, symptoms of COVID-19 persisting beyond three weeks. COVID-19 and its long-term sequelae are strongly influenced by social determinants such as poverty and by structural inequalities such as racism and discrimination. Primary care providers are in a unique position to provide and coordinate care for vulnerable patients with long COVID. Policy measures should include strengthening primary care, optimizing data quality, and addressing the multiple nested domains of inequity.
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U2 - 10.1111/1468-0009.12505
DO - 10.1111/1468-0009.12505
M3 - Article
C2 - 33783907
AN - SCOPUS:85103372457
SN - 0887-378X
VL - 99
SP - 519
EP - 541
JO - Milbank Quarterly
JF - Milbank Quarterly
IS - 2
ER -