healthcare inequity

Progressively Widening Healthcare Costs in Long COVID Over Five Years BACKGROUND Long COVID affects millions worldwide, yet the long-term trajectory of healthcare costs remains poorly characterized. Prior studies with limited follow-up have documented elevated but stable excess costs, leaving...

The erasure of infection-associated chronic conditions: Critical interpretive synthesis of literature on healthcare for long COVID and related conditions in Brazil Flora Cornish; Brenda Sabaine; Letícia Soares; Barbara Caldas; Margareth Crisóstomo Portela; Aylene Bousquat; Emma-Louise Aveling...

Full title: Barriers and facilitators of healthcare access for long COVID-19 patients in a universal healthcare system: qualitative evidence from Austria Peter Gamillscheg, Agata Łaszewska, Stefanie Kirchner, Kathryn Hoffmann, Judit Simon & Susanne Mayer Abstract Background Long COVID-19...

Towards a sociological understanding of medical gaslighting in western health care Jennifer C. H. Sebring In recent years, the term ‘medical gaslighting’ and accompanying accounts of self-identified women experiencing invalidation, dismissal and inadequate care have proliferated in the media...