Americans are facing dramatically more problems in getting access to health care as the COVID pandemic rages on, according to a new study.
The issues range from simple access to in-person doctor visits to what the study describes as medication rationing, leaving people with serious illnesses either unable to fill their prescriptions or forced to take them in lesser doses to prolong their supply.
Health measurement firm Evidation Health collected the data as part of a study it’s been running called COVID-19 Pulse, tracking the myriad effects of the pandemic and the knock-on effects of the attempts to contain its spread.
The company runs an app called Achievement, in which users can earn cash rewards for logging or performing health-related activities. Evidation is using the app as a platform for the ongoing survey, asking users to answer questions about their experience of the pandemic.
This latest batch of data – collected from March 31 to April 8 – includes results from more than 88,000 respondents, the firm said.
Data from the latest report – released Thursday morning – suggests that many Americans are facing difficulties in seeing doctors when they need them…
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