Carolyn Drews-Botsch, George Cotsonis, Marianne Celano, E Eugenie Hartmann, Jaffer Zaidi, Scott R Lambert
Patching in Children With Unilateral Congenital Cataract and Child Functioning and Parenting Stress
JAMA ophthalmology
missed visits estimated cost us healthcare system 50 billion annually linked healthcare inefficiency higher rates emergency department visits worse outcomes covid19 disrupted existing outpatient healthcare utilization patterns study sought examine frequency missed outpatient visits course covid19 pandemic examine patientlevel characteristics associated nonattendance study utilized data longitudinal cohort study chicago covid19 comorbidities c3 study c3 participants enrollees 1 4 active parent studies rapidly enrolled c3 onset pandemic multiple waves telephonebased interviews conducted collect experiences pandemic well sociodemographic health characteristics health literacy patient activation depressive anxiety symptoms current analysis data waves 3 8 050120051922 analyzed participants included 845 english spanishspeaking adults 1 chronic conditions percentage participants reporting missed visits due covid19 across study waves ranged 31 224 overall decline missed visits time participant sociodemographic health characteristic consistently associated missed visits across study waves bivariate multivariate analysis patientreported anxiety significantly associated missed visits across study waves findings reveal anxiety consistently associated missed visits covid19 pandemic sociodemographic health characteristics results inform future public health initiatives reduce absenteeism considering patients emotional state times uncertainty