Inequities in the Geographic Accessibility of COVID-19 Biomedical Therapeutic Trials in the United States.

Discussion Similar to the geographic inaccessibility of clinical trials for other diseases,[4] the opportunity to enroll in biomedical therapeutic trials throughout the first 8 months of the COVID-19 pandemic was not equitably available across the US. Clinical trials, Rural health, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Health disparities, Access to care Keywords: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19); Clinical trials; Rural health; Health disparities; Access to care EN Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Clinical trials Rural health Health disparities Access to care 3650 3653 4 11/23/21 20211101 NES 211101 Prior Presentations An abstract version of this study was presented as a poster at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting (June 14-17, 2021) and received the Best Student Poster Award. [Extracted from the article]