Black patients were prescribed Paxlovid for outpatient COVID treatment 36 percent less than white patients from April to July 2022, a period of time when Paxlovid became widely available and use of the drug surged.
New research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveals deep racial disparities in access to Paxlovid, a drug commonly used to treat COVID-19 infections for higher-risk patients, raising longstanding concerns about racism within the health system as officials fear an explosion of COVID cases over the winter.released on Friday includes data showing that
Compared to white patients, Latinx patients received Paxlovid for outpatient COVID-19 treatment 30 percent less; patients reporting more than one racial background received the drug 25 percent less; Indigenous patients saw treatment 23 percent less; and Asian Americans received Paxlovid nearly 20 percent less often than white people.
By January of 2022, Paxlovid was one of four medications that received an emergency authorization from the Food and Drug Administration for outpatient treatment of COVID-19 infection. Paxlovid is by far the most common treatment, and use of the drug skyrocketed as the Biden administration made it free to patients with a doctor’s prescription.
The CDC found racial disparities in Paxlovid treatment across all age groups, but disparities were “generally somewhat higher among patients at high risk for severe COVID-19,” including immunocompromised patients and patients over the age of 50.
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