County-Level Sociodemographic Characteristics and Availability of COVID-19 Therapeutic Drugs

Alyssa Shishkov, Marcus R. Andrews, Sophie R. Alphonso, Yangyang Deng, Mohammad Moniruzzaman, Jonathan H. Cantor, Kosuke Tamura

ResearchPosted on rand.org Sep 22, 2023Published in: JAMA Network Open, Volume 6, No. 9, e2334763 (September 2023). doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.34763

There continues to be a weekly mean of 14,500 COVID-19 cases and 250 deaths in the U.S., necessitating ongoing administration of therapeutic drugs. Research is limited on geospatial availability of COVID-19 treatments associated with local sociodemographic characteristics. Understanding treatment availability is critical; therefore, we investigated geospatial patterns of COVID-19 therapeutic drugs to assess possible sociodemographic-based disparities across US counties.

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  • Copyright: Alyssa Shishkov, Marcus R. Andrews, Sophie R. Alphonso, Yangyang Deng, Mohammad Moniruzzaman, Jonathan H. Cantor, Kosuke Tamura ; Open Access
  • Publisher: JAMA Network
  • Availability: Non-RAND
  • Year: 2023
  • Pages: 4
  • Document Number: EP-70243

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