Urban families, Black and multiracial children and families with low socioeconomic status faced the highest rates of pediatric care disruption during the COVID-19 pandemic, a study found.
The study, published in JAMA Pediatrics, is the latest to find that the pandemic has affected medical care for children, with disruptions also reported in vaccination efforts and children with special health needs.
Co-authors Kelsi Batioja, BS, and Covenant C. Elenwo, MPH are medical students at the Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine at Cherokee Nation. Batioja, who is in her third year