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Innovative Approach to Promote Equitable Access to COVID-19 Preventive Therapy

21m · Coronavirus (COVID-19) Q&A · 01 Sep 15:00

In this interview, JAMA Health Forum Editor John Ayanian, MD, MPP, and Deputy Editor Melinda Buntin, PhD, explore with Erin K. McCreary, PharmD, and Atheendar S. Venkataramani, MD, PhD, how a large regional health system used a weighted lottery and intensive outreach to provide high-risk individuals in disadvantaged communities more equitable access to scarce monoclonal antibodies for preventing COVID-19.

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