Receipt of Medications for Chronic Disease During the First 2 Years of the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Enrollees in Fee-for-Service Medicare

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Nancy E. Morden, Weiping Zhou, Ziad Obermeyer, Jonathan Skinner

During the first 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic, inpatient and ambulatory care

declined dramatically. Little is known about prescription drug receipt during this period, particularly

for populations with chronic illness and with high risk of adverse COVID-19 outcomes and decreased

access to care.

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