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Long COVID and Health Inequities: The Role of Primary Care
Author(s) -
BERGER ZACKARY,
ALTIERY DE JESUS VIVIAN,
ASSOUMOU SABRINA A.,
GREENHALGH TRISHA
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the milbank quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.563
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1468-0009
pISSN - 0887-378X
DOI - 10.1111/1468-0009.12505
Subject(s) - covid-19 , racism , poverty , inequality , primary care , social inequality , position (finance) , medicine , political science , economic growth , family medicine , business , economics , virology , disease , pathology , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , mathematical analysis , mathematics , finance , law
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.