NIH R01 · 2024
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Safety Net Performance, Disparities, and Vulnerable Children
Project Summary/Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has been a major test of the health care delivery system, disrupting primary and mental health care to vulnerable children and threatening the financial stability of providers. In doing so, the pandemic created an opportunity to examine where the delivery system is robust and where improvements and alternative policy approaches should be considered. For children with pre-existing vulnerabilities these disruptions, in the face of increased risks from social isolation and economic stressors, are particularly concerning. How health systems recover and respond to the needs of the most vulnerable speaks to the structure of safety net systems and the…
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