COVID-19 in Rural America – Is There Cause for Concern?
While to date big cities and major urban areas have seen the greatest number of coronavirus cases and deaths, this analysis finds the growth rate is now higher in rural areas.
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Double Jeopardy: Low Wage Workers at Risk for Health and Financial Implications of COVID-19
Issue BriefThis brief analyzes data on low-wage workers in the context of COVID-19 and discusses the implications of the pandemic for their jobs, health, and financial security.
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Medicare Beneficiaries’ Financial Security Before the Coronavirus Pandemic
Issue BriefThis analysis examines the income, savings, and home equity of Medicare beneficiaries in 2019, before the coronavirus pandemic. We look at the overall population, and variations by age, gender and race/ethnicity.
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Preparing for COVID-19 in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Leveraging U.S. Global Health Assets
Issue BriefThis data note assesses where the U.S. government has existing global health assets that could be mobilized when and if needed to assist in the COVID-19 response in low and middle income countries.
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KFF Health Tracking Poll – Late April 2020: Coronavirus, Social Distancing, and Contact Tracing
Issue BriefThis poll examines the public's stance on the coronavirus outbreak and the social distancing and shelter-in-place restrictions as well as the public's willingness to download apps to their phones to help public health officials with contact tracing,.
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State Reporting of Cases and Deaths Due to COVID-19 in Long-Term Care Facilities
Issue BriefThis data note provides detailed state-level data on numbers and shares of cases and deaths due to COVID-19 in long-term care facilities. This data note also provides information on state variation in LTC facility cases/deaths reporting patterns.
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Donor Funding for the Global Novel Coronavirus Response
Issue BriefThis data note provides an accounting of publicly-available information on donor funding to date for the global coronavirus (COVID-19) response.
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A Look at Online Platforms for Contraceptive and STI Services during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Issue BriefThere has been a proliferation of online services in recent years that seek to offer individuals that cannot make it to a clinic or do not have an established source of care access to some contraceptive methods and STI testing through a telemedicine platform, usually a website or a smartphone application. This data note provides an overview of options available for the online management of sexual and reproductive health services during the coronavirus pandemic and…
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How Many Adults Are at Risk of Serious Illness If Infected with Coronavirus? Updated Data
Issue BriefAbout four in ten adults (37.6%) ages 18 and older in the U.S. (92.6 million people) have a higher risk of developing serious illness if they become infected with the novel coronavirus, due to their older age (65 and older) or health condition. The share who have a higher risk varies across the country. An estimated 5.1 million of these adults are uninsured.
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Urban and Rural Differences in Coronavirus Pandemic Preparedness
Issue BriefThe coronavirus outbreak has hit densely populated urban areas of the United States first and hardest. Some health systems have experienced surges of patients, raising concerns that there are not enough hospital beds, staffing, and equipment. The novel coronavirus was slower to spread to rural areas in the U.S., but that appears to be changing, with new outbreaks becoming evident in less densely populated parts of the country. A new issue brief looks at urban-rural…