10%), quality preventative care during COVID (23% 17% vs. 8% White), COVID therapeutics (22% 19% vs. In addition, a larger proportion of Black and Hispanic/Latinx Americans felt access to COVID testing (15%, Black 17%, Hispanic/Latinx vs.Black and Hispanic/Latinx Americans are nearly two times as likely to say their access to COVID-19 vaccines, once available, is worse than other racial/ethnic groups, compared to White Americans (Black, 21% Hispanic/Latinx, 17% White 9%).Policy makers and providers should take these insights to heart, particularly as our country embarks on an unprecedented vaccination campaign."ĬOVID-19: Magnifying Racial Disparities in U.S. Healthcare reveals racial divides in perceptions of access to healthcare and trust during the pandemic.īlack and Hispanic/Latinx Americans lack confidence in access to COVID-19 vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics Kaufman, M.D., Senior Medical Director, Head of the Health Trends Research Program for Quest Diagnostics. "Importantly, it also reveals they expect America's COVID-19 experience will lead to meaningful change in healthcare. "COVID-19 has exacerbated long-standing inequities in healthcare, particularly among communities of color. Our new Health Trends research reveals people perceive, trust and engage with the healthcare system for COVID-19 differently depending on race and ethnicity," said Harvey W. Healthcare, is based on a nationally representative survey conducted online by The Harris Poll on behalf of Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX).
The study, titled COVID-19: Magnifying Racial Disparities in U.S.
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