RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Prevalence of Pre-existing Conditions Among Community Health Center Patients With COVID-19: Implications for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
JF The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
JO J Am Board Fam Med
FD American Board of Family Medicine
SP S247
OP S249
DO 10.3122/jabfm.2021.S1.200571
VO 34
IS Supplement
A1 Nathalie Huguet
A1 Teresa Schmidt
A1 Annie Larson
A1 Jean O’Malley
A1 Megan Hoopes
A1 Heather Angier
A1 Miguel Marino
A1 Jennifer DeVoe
YR 2021
UL http://www.jabfm.org/content/34/Supplement/S247.abstract
AB Background: Short- and long-term effects of COVID-19 will likely be designated pre-existing conditions. We describe the prevalence of pre-existing conditions among community health center patients overall and those with COVID-19 by race/ethnicity.Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study used electronic health record data from OCHIN, a network of 396 community health centers across 14 states.Results: Among all patients with COVID-19, 33% did not have a pre-existing condition before the pandemic. Up to half of COVID-19-positive non-Hispanic Asians (51%), Hispanic (36%), and non-Hispanic black (28%) patients did not have a pre-existing condition before the pandemic.Conclusions: The future of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is uncertain, and the long-term health effects of COVID-19 are largely unknown; therefore, ensuring people with pre-existing conditions can acquire health insurance is essential to achieving health equity.