Healthcare utilization patterns before and after a long Covid diagnosis

A case-control study

Dados Bibliográficos

ID15359864
AutoresRick Devoss (0000-0002-8062-9647, Colorado School of Public Health, autor correspondente), Elizabeth J Carlton (0000-0002-8664-9606, Colorado School of Public Health), Sarah E Jolley (0000-0002-4616-7792, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus), Marcelo Coca Perraillon (0000-0003-3355-3720, Colorado School of Public Health)
Ano2025
Volume25
Fascículo1
Páginas514-514
Data de publicação2025-02-10
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoBMC Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1471-2458 • E-ISSN: 1471-2458
EditoraBioMed Central (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1186/s12889-025-21393-4
PMID39930426
OpenAlexW4407301555
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas44

Long COVID patients increased outpatient healthcare utilization following a diagnosis, switching from acute care settings. The change in service settings among this population suggests that diagnosis could lead to better patient management. Healthcare utilization among these patients is high, underscoring the need to understand the Long COVID burden on healthcare systems with population-level data

Biostatistics · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Diagnosis code · Disease · Environmental health · Health care · Pathology · Population · Public health · Retrospective cohort study · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Demography · Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders · Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 · Medicine · Emergency Medicine · Epidemiology · Internal Medicine · Pediatrics