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JAMA2022;327(3):237-247.January 18, 2022Journal Article

Trends in US Ambulatory Care Patterns During the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2019-2021.

John N Mafi1,2, Melody Craff3, Sitaram Vangala1, Thomas Pu3, Dale Skinner3, Cyrus Tabatabai-Yazdi4, Anikia Nelson3, Rachel Reid2,5, Denis Agniel2, Chi-Hong Tseng1, Catherine Sarkisian1, Cheryl L Damberg2, Katherine L Kahn1,2
1Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles.
2RAND Health, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California.
3Milliman MedInsight, Seattle, Washington.
4School of Computer Science, University of California, Los Angeles.
5Division of General Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
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Abstract

IMPORTANCE: Following reductions in US ambulatory care early in the pandemic, it remains unclear whether care consistently returned to expected rates across insurance types and services. OBJECTIVE: To assess whether patients with Medicaid or Medicare-Medicaid dual eligibility had significantly lower than expected return to use of ambulatory care rates than patients with commercial, Medicare Advan…

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