COVID-19 Reflections: We Are Not OK: Safety Net Primary Care Access in a Non-Expansion State Amid COVID-19
Author(s) -
Deborah K. Morrison,
Kim Schwartz,
Leslie Wolcott
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
north carolina medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2379-4313
pISSN - 0029-2559
DOI - 10.18043/ncm.83.3.194
Subject(s) - covid-19 , safety net , pandemic , primary care , state (computer science) , medical emergency , medicine , family medicine , environmental health , virology , computer science , disease , pathology , algorithm , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty)
In North Carolina, rural health care-especially the primary care safety net-is a remarkable but under-resourced vital support system. COVID-19 stressed that already precarious system. While the acute COVID-19 crisis may be receding, we are concerned about the long-term effects of the pandemic on both individuals and the rural primary care safety net.
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