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. 2023 Jan 3;6(1):e2249810.
doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.49810.

Travel Times to Facilities Offering Oral Medication Therapy for COVID-19

Peter A Kahn  1 , Xiaohan Ying  2 , Walter S Mathis  3
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Travel Times to Facilities Offering Oral Medication Therapy for COVID-19

Peter A Kahn et al. JAMA Netw Open. .
No abstract available

Plain language summary

This quality improvement study evaluates access to oral COVID-19 therapeutics within communities in the 48 contiguous states and the District of Columbia.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Kahn reported receiving equity from Serca Science, FVC Health, Coaptech, TEO Science, and Quantum Labs and personal fees from Biohaven and Chronius outside the submitted work. No other disclosures were reported.

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.. Minimum Travel Time to Oral COVID-19 Medication
Figure 2.
Figure 2.. Travel Time by Census Tract to COVID-19 Medication
For map representation, population-weighted mean minimum travel times were computed at the Census tract level from constituent blocks.
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