Social Connectedness Among Medicare Beneficiaries Following the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic

JAMA Intern Med. 2021 Sep 1;181(9):1245-1248. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.2348.

Authors

Wesley J Talcott¹, James B Yu^{1

2}, Cary P Gross^{2

3}, Henry S Park^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Therapeutic Radiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
² Cancer Outcomes, Public Policy and Effectiveness Research Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study examines social connectedness among Medicare beneficiaries during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

COVID-19 / psychology*
Humans
Loneliness / psychology*
Medicare
Mental Health / statistics & numerical data*
Social Isolation / psychology*
Social Networking
Uncertainty
United States

Grants and funding

UL1 TR001863/TR/NCATS NIH HHS/United States