Changes in healthcare engagement during the COVID-19 pandemic
Our results provide preliminary evidence of the PHE's responsiveness through demonstrating that environmental factors, such as pandemic-related factors, influence healthcare engagement. The COVID-19 pandemic had a complex effect on healthcare engagement, with healthcare engagement scores increasing overall during the pandemic but Veterans reporting COVID-related healthcare disruptions showing decreased changes in healthcare engagement. These findings support the utility of the PHE as a measure of healthcare engagement.
Authors
- McKenzie Lockett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1857-7361)
- Gisselle Tamayo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6465-7018)
- Rachel Kimerling (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0996-4212)
- Benjamin D. Schalet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7486-0204)
- Steven P. Reise (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5408-6992)
Institutions
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- VA Palo Alto Health Care System (US)
- National Center for PTSD (US)
- Stanford Medicine (US)
- Amsterdam University Medical Centers (NL)
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (NL)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes
- Published
- 2025-02-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s41687-025-00850-z
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.05
Funders
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- Health Services Research and Development