Use of At-Home COVID-19 Tests — United States, August 23, 2021–March 12, 2022
Boston University · Boston Children's Hospital · +6 more institutions
Abstract
More than tripled from 5.7% to 20.1%. The two most commonly reported reasons for testing among persons who used an at-home test were COVID-19 exposure (39.4%) and COVID-19-like symptoms (28.9%). At-home test use differed by race (e.g., self-identified as White [5.9%] versus self-identified as Black [2.8%]), age (adults aged 30-39 years [6.4%] versus adults aged ≥75 years [3.6%]), household income (>$150,000 [9.5%] versus $50,000-$74,999 [4.7%]), education (postgraduate degree [8.4%] versus high school or less [3.5%]), and geography (New England division [9.6%] versus West South Central division [3.7%]). COVID-19 testing, including at-home tests, along with prevention measures, such as quarantine and isolation…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 23.59
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 8
Authors
13- BRBenjamin Rader
Boston University, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston Children's Museum
- AGAutumn Gertz
Boston Children's Hospital, Boston Children's Museum
- ADA. Danielle Iuliano
Computer Emergency Response Team
- MGMatthew Gilmer
General Dynamics (United States), Computer Emergency Response Team
- LWLaura Wronski
SurveyMonkey (United States)
Topics & keywords
- Medicine
- Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
- Test (biology)
- Quarantine
- Transmission (telecommunications)
- Incidence (geometry)
- Isolation (microbiology)