Unmet Healthcare Needs among College Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications for System-Wide and Structural Changes for Service Delivery
Abstract
1. Background
2. Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Characteristic | Prevalence (%) |
---|---|
Age | |
18–20 years | 26.9 |
21–23 years | 31.7 |
24–26 years | 10.6 |
27 or more years | 30.8 |
Race/Ethnicity | |
Hispanic/Latino | 65.4 |
Non-Hispanic minority | 15.9 |
Non-Hispanic white | 18.8 |
Sex at birth | |
Female | 73.1 |
Male | 26.9 |
Variable | Prevalence (%) |
---|---|
Healthcare service utilization | |
Needed and used services | 65.9 |
Did not need services | 23.2 |
Needed but could not obtain services | 10.9 |
Types of services | |
COVID-19 testing | 60.5 |
COVID-19 vaccination | 59.6 |
General health services/routine screening | 48.9 |
Mental health services | 19.3 |
Sexual health services | 14.3 |
Other vaccinations | 7.2 |
Other | 9.9 |
Needed Services but Could Not Obtain It (%) | |
---|---|
Needed general health services/routine screening | p < 0.001 |
Yes | 12.8 |
No | 8.8 |
Needed mental health services | p < 0.01 |
Yes | 11.6 |
No | 10.7 |
Needed sexual health services | p < 0.05 |
Yes | 12.5 |
No | 10.6 |
COVID-19 vaccination | p < 0.01 |
Yes | 6.0 |
No | 19.2 |
Reported Availability of Healthcare Services Were Limited (%) | |
---|---|
Needed general health services/routine screening | p < 0.01 |
Yes | 67.0 |
No | 49.0 |
Needed mental health services | p < 0.01 |
Yes | 79.1 |
No | 53.0 |
Needed sexual health services | p < 0.05 |
Yes | 78.1 |
No | 54.7 |
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Becerra, M.B.; Roland, T.C.; Avina, R.M.; Becerra, B.J. Unmet Healthcare Needs among College Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications for System-Wide and Structural Changes for Service Delivery. Healthcare 2022, 10, 1360. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10081360
Becerra MB, Roland TC, Avina RM, Becerra BJ. Unmet Healthcare Needs among College Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications for System-Wide and Structural Changes for Service Delivery. Healthcare. 2022; 10(8):1360. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10081360
Chicago/Turabian StyleBecerra, Monideepa B., Thomas Charles Roland, Robert M. Avina, and Benjamin J. Becerra. 2022. "Unmet Healthcare Needs among College Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications for System-Wide and Structural Changes for Service Delivery" Healthcare 10, no. 8: 1360. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10081360
APA StyleBecerra, M. B., Roland, T. C., Avina, R. M., & Becerra, B. J. (2022). Unmet Healthcare Needs among College Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications for System-Wide and Structural Changes for Service Delivery. Healthcare, 10(8), 1360. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10081360