Journal of General Internal Medicine - COVID-19 research collection
This is an archived collection. Any articles published after September 1st, 2020 can be found here.
To help keep our readers up-to-date on research and analysis related to the COVID-19 pandemic, we have created this collection of articles and other resources published in Journal of General Internal Medicine.
How Influenza Vaccination Rate Variation Could Inform Pandemic-Era Vaccination Efforts
Brandon W. Yan, Frank A. Sloan, and R. Adams Dudley
Concise Research Report | Published: 28 August 2020
Associations Between Primary Care Provider Shortage Areas and County-Level COVID-19 Infection and Mortality Rates in the USA
Benson S. Ku and Benjamin G. Druss
Concise Research Report | Published: 21 August 2020
Characterization of Patients Who Return to Hospital Following Discharge from Hospitalization for COVID-19
Sulaiman S. Somani, Felix Richter, Valentin Fuster, Jessica K. De Freitas, Nidhi Naik, and Keith Sigel
Original Research | Published: 19 August 2020
Association of COVID-19-Related Hospital Use and Overall COVID-19 Mortality in the USA
Pinar Karaca-Mandic, Soumya Sen, Archelle Georgiou, Yi Zhu, Anirban Basu
Concise Research Report | Published: 19 August 2020
Health Policy Perspective: Medicaid and State Politics Beyond COVID
Jane M. Zhu, David Grande, David K. Jones, Renuka Tipirneni
Perspective | Published: 19 August 2020
Medical Students in the Time of COVID-19
Aldis H. Petriceks
Healing Arts | Published: 19 August 2020
Lobbying Expenditures of the Health Sector During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Adam Olson, John Barrick, William B. Tayler, Shivaram Rajgopal, Ge Bai
Concise Research Report | Published: 12 August 2020
Mobility and Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Jonathan S. Zipursky, Donald A. Redelmeier
Concise Research Report | Published: 10 August 2020
Searching for Human Connectedness During COVID-19
Margaret McNairy, Brooke Bullington, Kimberly Bloom-Feshbach
Perspective | Published: 10 August 2020
Association Between County-Level Racial and Ethnic Characteristics and COVID-19 Cases and Deaths in the USA
Christopher A. Scannell, Carlos Irwin A. Oronce, Yusuke Tsugawa
Concise Research Report | Published: 05 August 2020
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Population-Level Covid-19 Mortality
Cary P. Gross, Utibe R. Essien, Saamir Pasha, Jacob R. Gross, Shi-yi Wang, Marcella Nunez-Smith
Concise Research Report | Published: 04 August 2020
Masks Do More Than Protect Others During COVID-19: Reducing the Inoculum of SARS-CoV-2 to Protect the Wearer
Monica Gandhi, Chris Beyrer, Eric Goosby
Perspective | Published: 31 July 2020
Patients’ Perceptions About Medical Record Privacy and Security: Implications for Withholding of Information During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Matthew J. DePuccio, Gennaro Di Tosto, Daniel M. Walker, Ann Scheck McAlearney
Concise Research Report | Published: 31 July 2020
The Things They Carry: Veterans and the COVID-19 Pandemic
Megan R. Gerber
Healing Arts | Published: 28 July 2020
Primary Care Population Management for COVID-19 Patients
Deborah Blazey-Martin, Elizabeth Barnhart, Joseph Gillis, and Gabriela Andujar Vazquez
Innovations in Clinical Practice | 27 July 2020
A Model for Rapid Transition to Virtual Care, VA Connecticut Primary Care Response to COVID-19
Juliette F. Spelman, Rebecca Brienza, Robert F. Walsh, Paul Drost, Amy R. Schwartz, Jeffrey D. Kravetz, Patricia Pitkin, and Christopher Ruser
Innovations in Clinical Practice | 23 July 2020
Health Equity During COVID-19
Rahul Vanjani, Sarah Martino, and Caroline Wunsch
Viewpoint | 23 July 2020
When Is It Safe to See the Doctor?
Dianne L. Goede, Melanie G. Hagen, Senthil Meenrajan, and Margaret C. Lo
Viewpoint | 23 July 2020
Planning for the Post-COVID Syndrome: How Payers Can Mitigate Long-Term Complications of the Pandemic
David H. Jiang and Rozalina G. McCoy
Perspective | 22 July 2020
Hospitalizations for Emergent Medical, Surgical, and Obstetric Conditions in Boston During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Timothy S. Anderson, Jennifer P. Stevens, Adlin Pinheiro, Stephanie Li, and Shoshana J. Herzig
Concise Research Report | 22 July 2020
COVID-19 and Rhabdomyolysis
Nicholas R. Chedid, Swalpa Udit, Zhabiz Solhjou, Maria Y. Patanwala, Alice M. Sheridan, and Ebrahim Barkoudah
Clinical Vignette | 15 July 2020
Nursing Homes, the Pandemic, and Caring Enough
Jerry H. Gurwitz and Alice Bonner
Viewpoint | 14 July 2020
Older Adults with COVID-19 Can Choose Care at Home: Lessons Learned from New York City
Justina L. Groeger, Joanna L. Starrels, and Amy R. Ehrlich
Viewpoint | 14 July 2020
High Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among the Uninsured Hispanic/Latino Population: a Retrospective Cohort Study
Chien-Hsiang Weng, Andrew Saal, and Philip A. Chan
Concise Research Report | 14 July 2020
Letter to the Editor in Response to: COVID-19: Magnifying the Effect of Health Disparities
Mariela Martinez, Michael Silver, and Ariel Schulman
Letter to the Editor | 14 July 2020
The Invisible Epidemic: Neglected Chronic Disease Management During COVID-19
Adam Wright, Alejandra Salazar, Maria Mirica, Lynn A. Volk, and Gordon D. Schiff
Concise Research Report | 14 July 2020
Harnessing the Power of Hospitalists in Operational Disaster Planning: COVID-19
Kasey Bowden, Ellen L. Burnham, Angela Keniston, Dimitriy Levin, Julia Limes, Jason Persoff, Lindsay Thurman, Marisha Burden
Perspective | 13 July 2020
Building Telemedicine Capacity for Trainees During the Novel Coronavirus Outbreak: a Case Study and Lessons Learned
Katharine Lawrence, Kathleen Hanley, Jennifer Adams, Daniel J Sartori, Richard Greene, Sondra Zabar
Original Research | 8 July 2020
The Landscape of Medical Literature in the Era of COVID-19: Original Research Versus Opinion Pieces
Akram Y. Elgendy, Amr F. Barakat, Joseph Ibrahim, Laith Alkukhun, Mamas A. Mamas, Islam Y. Elgendy
Concise Research Report | 8 July 2020
Tracking Mental Health and Symptom Mentions on Twitter During COVID-19
Sharath Chandra Guntuku, Garrick Sherman, Daniel C. Stokes, Anish K. Agarwal, Emily Seltzer, Raina M. Merchant, Lyle H. Ungar
Concise Research Report | 8 July 2020
Medical Isolation and Solitary Confinement: Balancing Health and Humanity in US Jails and Prisons During COVID-19
David H. Cloud, Cyrus Ahalt, Dallas Augustine, David Sears, Brie Williams
Perspective | 8 July 2020
Hey Doctor! Did You Wash Your Smartphone?
Craig S. Brown, Ben E. Biesterveld, Seth A. Waits
Viewpoint | 1 July 2020
Risk Factors for Mortality in Patients with COVID-19 in New York City
Takahisa Mikami, Hirotaka Miyashita, Takayuki Yamada, Matthew Harrington, Daniel Steinberg, Andrew Dunn, Evan Siau
Original Research | 30 June 2020
Trying Times and Trying Out Solutions: Intimate Partner Violence Screening and Support for Women Veterans During COVID-19
Fernanda S. Rossi, Megha Shankar, Kelly Buckholdt, Yuki Bailey, Sonoo Thadaney Israni, Katherine M. Iverson
Perspective | 30 June 2020
Prioritizing Equity in a Time of Scarcity: The COVID-19 Pandemic
Utibe R. Essien, Nwamaka D. Eneanya, Deidra C. Crews
Viewpoint | 30 June 2020
Hospital Cost Structure and the Implications on Cost Management During COVID-19
Ge Bai, Hossein Zare
Concise Research Report | 30 June 2020
COVID-19 Is Infecting Our Clinical Acumen
A. Jain, L. Chisick
Viewpoint | 30 June 2020
PPE Supply Chain Needs Data Transparency and Stress Testing
Tinglong Dai, Ge Bai, Gerard F. Anderson
Viewpoint | 30 June 2020
COVID-19: Why Declining Biodiversity Puts Us at Greater Risk for Emerging Infectious Diseases, and What We Can Do
Aditya K. Khetan
Editorial Notes | 30 June 2020
The Income-Based Mortality Gradient Among US Health Care Workers: Cohort Study
Sasmira Matta, Paula Chatterjee, Atheendar S. Venkataramani
Concise Research Report | 30 June 2020
Association Between State-Level Income Inequality and COVID-19 Cases and Mortality in the USA
Carlos Irwin A. Oronce, Christopher A. Scannell, Ichiro Kawachi, Yusuke Tsugawa
Concise Research Report | 24 June 2020
Should Asymptomatic and Low-Risk Individuals be Tested for SARS-CoV-2?
Ashwini R. Sehgal
Concise Research Report | 24 June 2020
Risk for Severe COVID-19 Illness Among Health Care Workers Who Work Directly with Patients
Diane M. Gibson, Jessica Greene
Concise Research Report | 24 June 2020
Charlson Comorbidity Index Score and Risk of Severe Outcome and Death in Danish COVID-19 Patients
Daniel Mølager Christensen, Jarl Emanuel Strange, Gunnar Gislason, Christian Torp-Pedersen, Thomas Gerds, Emil Fosbøl, Matthew Phelps
Concise Research Report | 24 June 2020
County-Level Association of Social Vulnerability with COVID-19 Cases and Deaths in the USA
Rohan Khazanchi, Evan R. Beiter, Suhas Gondi, Adam L. Beckman, Alyssa Bilinski, Ishani Ganguli
Concise Research Report | 23 June 2020
Antithrombotic Therapies in COVID-19 Disease: a Systematic Review
Edward Maldonado, Derrick Tao, Katherine Mackey
Review | 17 June 2020
Depression and Anxiety Changes Among Sexual and Gender Minority People Coinciding with Onset of COVID-19 Pandemic
Annesa Flentje, Juno Obedin-Maliver, Micah E. Lubensky, Zubin Dastur, Torsten Neilands, Mitchell R. Lunn
Concise Research Report | 17 June 2020
Initial Experience with a COVID-19 Web-Based Patient Self-assessment Tool
William M. Mehring, Andrew Poksay, Jesse Kriege, Rithvik Prasannappa, Michael D. Wang, Chris Hendel, Michael Hochman
Concise Research Report | 15 June 2020
Association Between US Administration Endorsement of Hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 and Outpatient Prescribing
James J. Harrigan, Rebecca A. Hubbard, Sunil Thomas, Ralph J. Riello, Erin Bange, Mira Mamtani, Ronac Mamtani
Concise Research Report | 15 June 2020
Releasing Migrants from Detention During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Katherine C. McKenzie, Ranit Mishori
Viewpoint | 15 June 2020
Late Diagnosis of COVID-19 in Patients Admitted to the Hospital
Elizabeth R. Pfoh, Essa H. Hariri, Anita D. Misra-Hebert, Abhishek Deshpande, Lara Jehi, Michael B. Rothberg
Concise Research Report | 15 June 2020
Psychological Aspects of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Carlos Blanco, Melanie M. Wall, Mark Olfson
Viewpoint | 15 June 2020
COVID-19 and Asian American Pacific Islanders
Jiun-Ruey Hu, Margaret Wang, Francis Lu
Viewpoint | 12 June 2020
18.2 Million Individuals at Increased Risk of Severe COVID-19 Illness Are Un- or Underinsured
Adam W. Gaffney, Laura Hawks, David H. Bor, Steffie Woolhandler, David U. Himmelstein, Danny McCormick
Concise Research Report | 10 June 2020
Physician Supply During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Crisis: the Role of Hazard Pay
Gregory W. Ruhnke
Viewpoint | 10 June 2020
Self-Reported Loss of Smell and Taste in SARS-CoV-2 Patients: Primary Care Data to Guide Future Early Detection Strategies
Benoit Tudrej, Paul Sebo, Julie Lourdaux, Clara Cuzin, Martin Floquet, Dagmar M. Haller, Hubert Maisonneuve
Concise Research Report | 9 June 2020
Preparing Primary Care for COVID-20
Mohammed K. Ali, Deep J. Shah, Carlos del Rio
Viewpoint | 9 June 2020
Independent Correlates of Hospitalization in 2040 Patients with COVID-19 at a Large Hospital System in Michigan, United States
Zaid Imam, Fadi Odish, Justin Armstrong, Heba Elassar, Jonathan Dokter, Emily Langnas, Alexandra Halalau
Concise Research Report | 9 June 2020
Characterizing the Role of the “Triagist”: Reasons for Triage Discordance and Impact on Disposition
Ashley Amick, Maralyssa Bann
Concise Research Report | 9 June 2020
Virtual Visits and the Future of No-Shows
Nathaniel P. Morris
Viewpoint | 8 June 2020
Inpatient Management of COVID-19 Pneumonia: a Practical Approach from the Hospitalist Perspective
Todd S. Cutler, Nell Eisenberg, Arthur T. Evans
Review | 4 June 2020
Telemedicine and COVID-19: an Observational Study of Rapid Scale Up in a US Academic Medical System
Carol J. Peden, Sirisha Mohan, Veronica Pagán
Concise Research Report | 4 June 2020
Lessons from Influenza Outbreaks for Potential Impact of COVID-19 Outbreak on Hospitalizations, Ventilator Use, and Mortality Among Homeless Persons in New York State
Atsushi Miyawaki, Kohei Hasegawa, Yusuke Tsugawa
Concise Research Report | 4 June 2020
Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies Among Healthcare Workers at a Tertiary Academic Hospital in New York City
Mayce Mansour, Emily Leven, Kimberly Muellers, Kimberly Stone, Damodara Rao Mendu, Ania Wajnberg
Concise Research Report | 3 June 2020
Interpreting COVID-19 Test Results: a Bayesian Approach
Chester B. Good, Inmaculada Hernandez, Kenneth Smith
Concise Research Report | 3 June 2020
An Evaluation of the Vulnerable Physician Workforce in the USA During the Coronavirus Disease-19 Pandemic
Rohan Khera, Lovedeep Singh Dhingra, Snigdha Jain, Harlan M. Krumholz
Concise Research Report | 3 June 2020
Covid-19: an Imperative to Bridge the Gap Between Medicine And Public Health
Alvin I. Mushlin
Viewpoint | 3 June 2020
Preparing Telemedicine for the Frontlines of Healthcare Equity
Lala Tanmoy Das, Christopher J. Gonzalez
Viewpoint | 3 June 2020
Americans’ COVID-19 Stress, Coping, and Adherence to CDC Guidelines
Crystal L. Park, Beth S. Russell, Michael Fendrich, Lucy Finkelstein-Fox, Morica Hutchison, Jessica Becker
Original Research | 29 May 2020
Online Crowdfunding Response to Coronavirus Disease 2019
Pawel Rajwa, Philip Hopen, Lin Mu, Andrzej Paradysz, Jakub Wojnarowicz, Cary P. Gross, Michael S. Leapman
Concise Research Report | 27 May 2020
Health Disparities and the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic in the USA
Sameed Ahmed M. Khatana, Peter W. Groeneveld
Viewpoint | 27 May 2020
Trends in Ambulatory Electronic Consultations During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Neelam A. Phadke, Marcela G. del Carmen, Susan A. Goldstein, Jacqueline Vagle, Michael K. Hidrue, Eirian Siegal Botti, Jason H. Wasfy
Concise Research Report | 18 May 2020
PPE Portraits—a Way to Humanize Personal Protective Equipment
Cati Brown-Johnson, Stacie Vilendrer, Mary Beth Heffernan, Shira Winter, Thanh Khong, Jennifer Reidy, Steven M. Asch
Innovations in Clinical Practice | 17 May 2020
The Parallel Pandemic: Medical Misinformation and COVID-19
Jennifer S. Love, Adam Blumenberg, Zane Horowitz
Viewpoint | 14 May 2020
COVID-19 and Health Disparities: the Reality of “the Great Equalizer”
Stephen A Mein
Viewpoint | 14 May 2020
Pandemic Loss
Jeffrey D. Kravetz
Viewpoint | 14 May 2020
Public Priorities and Concerns Regarding COVID-19 in an Online Discussion Forum: Longitudinal Topic Modeling
Daniel C Stokes, Anietie Andy, Sharath Chandra Guntuku, Lyle H Ungar, Raina M Merchant
Concise Research Report | 12 May 2020
COVID-19: Magnifying the Effect of Health Disparities
Eun Ji Kim, Lyndonna Marrast, Joseph Conigliaro
Viewpoint | 11 May 2020
Stop Doing Needless Things! Saving Healthcare Resources During COVID-19 and Beyond
Matthew A. Warner
Perspective | 7 May 2020
Primary Care Providers: Discuss COVID-19-Related Goals of Care with Your Vulnerable Patients Now
Eric Kutscher, Mat Kladney
Viewpoint | 6 May 2020
Virtual House Calls: Telemedicine and Reforming the Health Care Delivery Model with Strategies Implemented in a Novel Coronavirus Pandemic
Noah Kojima, Jeffrey D Klausner
Concise Research Report | 4 May 2020
From the Editor’s Desk: JGIM and COVID-19
Carol K. Bates, Jeff Jackson, Steven Asch
Editorial | 22 April 2020
A Case Series of Recurrent Viral RNA Positivity in Recovered COVID-19 Chinese Patients
Kenneth I. Zheng, Xiao-Bo Wang, Xiang-Hong Jin, Wen-Yue Liu, Feng Gao, Yong-Ping Chen, Ming-Hua Zheng
Case Study | 20 April 2020
We Can’t Just Wash Our Hands: a Primary Care Physician’s Thoughts on COVID-19 and Her Community
Kelsey B. Bryant
Healing Arts | 20 April 2020
How Community and Unity Can Help Americans Survive
Robert H. Brook, C. Jason Wang, Neil S. Wenger
Viewpoint | 20 April 2020
Review of the Clinical Characteristics of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Fang Jiang, Liehua Deng, Liangqing Zhang, Yin Cai, Chi Wai Cheung, Zhengyuan Xia
Review | 4 March 2020