{"doi":"10.15585/mmwr.mm7216a6","title":"Use of COVIDTests.gov At-Home Test Kits Among Adults in a National Household Probability Sample — United States, 2022","abstract":"At-home rapid antigen COVID-19 tests were first authorized by the Food and Drug Administration in late 2020 (1-3). In January 2022, the White House launched COVIDTests.gov, which made all U.S. households eligible to receive free-to-the-user at-home test kits distributed by the U.S. Postal Service (2). By May 2022, more than 70 million test kit packages had been shipped to households across the United States (2); however, how these kits were used, and which groups were using them, has not been reported. Data from a national probability survey of U.S. households (COVIDVu), collected during April-May 2022, were used to evaluate awareness about and use of these test kits (4). Most respondent households (93.8%) were aware of the program, and more than one half (59.9%) had ordered kits. Among persons who received testing for COVID-19 during the preceding 6 months, 38.3% used a COVIDTests.gov kit. Among kit users, 95.5% rated the experience as acceptable, and 23.6% reported being unlikely to have tested without the COVIDTests.gov program. Use of COVIDTests.gov kits was similar among racial and ethnic groups (42.1% non-Hispanic Black or African American [Black]; 41.5% Hispanic or Latino [Hispanic]; 34.8% non-Hispanic White [White]; and 53.7% non-Hispanic other races [other races]). Use of other home COVID-19 tests differed by race and ethnicity (11.8% Black, 44.4% Hispanic, 45.8% White, 43.8% other races). Compared with White persons, Black persons were 72% less likely to use other home test kits (adjusted relative risk [aRR] = 0.28; 95% CI = 0.16-0.50). Provision of tests through this well-publicized program likely improved use of COVID-19 home testing and health equity in the United States, particularly among Black persons. National programs to address availability and accessibility of critical health services in a pandemic response have substantial health value.","journal":"MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report","year":2023,"id":342567,"datarank":0.40620753016533157,"base_score":2.70805020110221,"endowment":2.70805020110221,"self_citation_contribution":0.40620753016533157,"citation_network_contribution":0.0,"self_endowment_contribution":0.40620753016533157,"citer_contribution":0.0,"corpus_percentile":null,"corpus_rank":null,"citation_count":14,"citer_count":0,"citers_with_citation_signal":0,"citers_with_endowment":0,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"is_dataset":false,"is_dataset_confidence":0.9207,"is_data_producer":false,"deposit_databanks":null,"is_oa":true,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":"2023-01-01","fair_score":null,"fair_percentile":null,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[{"id":254907,"name":"Patrick S. Sullivan","orcid":"0000-0002-7728-0587","position":1,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":227354,"name":"Travis Sanchez","orcid":"0000-0003-1133-4762","position":2,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":274944,"name":"Heather Bradley","orcid":"0000-0002-7667-4197","position":3,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":820418,"name":"Mansour Fahimi","orcid":"0009-0009-6411-2566","position":4,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":514468,"name":"Kayoko Shioda","orcid":"0000-0002-8057-8448","position":5,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":334519,"name":"Kristin Nelson","orcid":"0000-0003-4728-2909","position":6,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":340413,"name":"Benjamin A. Lopman","orcid":"0000-0002-9238-0068","position":7,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":274945,"name":"Aaron J. Siegler","orcid":"0000-0001-5553-7540","position":8,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":274942,"name":"Nicole Luisi","orcid":"0000-0003-4466-7141","position":0,"is_corresponding":true}],"reference_count":5,"raw_metadata":{"citation_network_status":"fetched"},"created_at":"2026-07-19T01:11:17.288563Z","pmid":"37079516","pmcid":null,"fwci":null,"citation_percentile":null,"influential_citations":0,"oa_status":null,"license":null,"views":0,"total_file_size_bytes":0,"version_count":0,"fair_f":null,"fair_a":null,"fair_i":null,"fair_r":null,"fair_zscore":null,"fair_rationale":null,"fair_model":null,"fair_agent_version":null,"fair_fulltext_source":null,"fair_has_llm":null,"fair_computed_at":null,"clinical_trials":[],"software_tools":[],"db_accessions":[],"linked_datasets":[],"topics":[]}