AdvaMed said polling data confirmed that nearly half of American adults surveyed said they or someone in their household postponed or skipped medical care as a result of COVID-19.
The poll, released yesterday by the Kaiser Family Foundation showed that 48% of those adults or adults in their household had to put off medical care during the pandemic. It also revealed that 68% of those who postponed care expect to receive that care in the next three months, while 11% of respondents reported worsened health as a result of the delay in care.
“We already knew that too many patients have been going without the care that is absolutely vital to their health, and what this poll confirms is that patients themselves are anxious and ready to continue the care that was put on pause because of COVID-19,” AdvaMed president & CEO Scott Whitaker said in a news release. “It’s time for these essential medical procedures to resume. Last week, we joined AORN and AHA in releasing…