Patterns of utilisation of specialist care after SARS-Cov-2 infection: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore the pattern of health services utilisation of people who had had a documented SARS-Cov-2 infection.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

The Italian province of Reggio Emilia.

Participants

36 036 subjects who recovered from SARS-CoV-2 infection during the period September 2020-May 2021. These were matched for age, sex and Charlson Index with an equal number of subjects never found positive at the SARS-Cov-2 swab test over the study period.

Main outcome measures

Hospital admissions for all medical conditions and for respiratory or cardiovascular conditions only; access to emergency room (for any cause); outpatient specialist visits (pneumology, cardiology, neurology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, rheumatology, dermatology, me

SUBMITTER: Formoso G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10008201 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature