Racial and Ethnic Differences in Insurance Outcomes After Job Loss During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Zhanji Zhang; José J Escarce; Dennis Rünger; James Campbell; Peter J Huckfeldt

doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2023.0168

Racial and Ethnic Differences in Insurance Outcomes After Job Loss During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic

JAMA Health Forum. 2023 Mar 3;4(3):e230168. doi: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2023.0168.

Authors

Zhanji Zhang¹, José J Escarce^{2

3}, Dennis Rünger², James Campbell⁴, Peter J Huckfeldt⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Applied Economics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
² Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California.
³ Department of Health Policy and Management, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles.
⁴ Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This cohort study uses national survey data to assess the racial and ethnic differences in insurance coverage after job loss during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

COVID-19* / epidemiology
Humans
Insurance, Health
Pandemics*
Racial Groups