Theoretically Universal, Practically Unequal: Socio‐Economic Inequalities in Healthcare Access for Long Covid‐19 Patients in Austria

The design of the survey and the hypotheses on healthcare access barriers and facilitators were directly informed by qualitative interviews from previous work with long Covid-19 (LC) patients, who shared their lived experiences with diagnosis, treatment and navigating the healthcare system. Additionally, LC patients piloted the survey before its launch and provided feedback. Representatives of patient LC groups and individual patients contributed to participant recruitment by sharing study materials within their networks.