We Know Health Is Not Elective: Impacts of COVID-19.

Authors

David B. Nash, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Mark Angelo, Delaware Valley Accountable Care Organization
Esther J Nash, Consultant, Population Health, Ardmore, Pennsylvania
Jonathan L Gleason, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Bruce A Meyer, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-1-2020

Comments

This is the authors final version of the article published in Population Health Management, 2020 Oct;23(5):378-385.

Final version of the publication is available from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/pop.2020.0161

Abstract

Several months into the impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the authors use the framework of "radical uncertainty" and specific regional health care data to understand current and future health and economic impacts. Four key areas of discussion included are: (1) How did structural health care inequality manifest itself during the closure of all elective surgeries and visits?; (2) How can we really calculate the so-called untold burden that resulted from the closure, with a special emphasis on primary care?; (3) The Pennsylvania experience - using observations from the population of one major delivery ecosystem (Jefferson Health), a major accountable care organization (Delaware Valley ACO), and statewide data from Pennsylvania; and (4) What should be the priorities and focus of the delivery system of the future given the dramatic financial and clinical disruption of COVID-19?

Recommended Citation

Nash, David B.; Angelo, Mark; Nash, Esther J; Gleason, Jonathan L; and Meyer, Bruce A, "We Know Health Is Not Elective: Impacts of COVID-19." (2020). College of Population Health Faculty Papers. Paper 102.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/healthpolicyfaculty/102

Language

English