Changes in Outpatient Health Care Use After COVID-19 Infection Among Veterans.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The association of COVID-19 infection with outpatient care utilization is unclear. Many studies reported population surveillance studies rather than comparing outpatient health care use between COVID-19-infected and uninfected cohorts.

Objective

To compare outpatient health care use across 6 categories of care (primary care, specialty care, surgery care, mental health, emergency care, and diagnostic and/or other care) between veterans with or without COVID-19 infection.

Design, setting, and participants

In a retrospective cohort study of Veterans Affairs primary care patients, veterans with COVID-19 infection were matched to a cohort of uninfected veterans. Data were obtained from the Veterans Affairs Corporate Data Warehouse and the Centers for Medicare &

SUBMITTER: Hebert PL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10858406 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature