Identifying people with post-COVID condition using linked, population-based administrative health data from Manitoba, Canada: prevalence and predictors in a cohort of COVID-positive individuals.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Many individuals exposed to SARS-CoV-2 experience long-term symptoms as part of a syndrome called post-COVID condition (PCC). Research on PCC is still emerging but is urgently needed to support diagnosis, clinical treatment guidelines and health system resource allocation. In this study, we developed a method to identify PCC cases using administrative health data and report PCC prevalence and predictive factors in Manitoba, Canada.

Design

Cohort study.

Setting

Manitoba, Canada.

Participants

All Manitobans who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 during population-wide PCR testing from March 2020 to December 2021 (n=66 365) and were subsequently deemed to have PCC based on International Classification of Disease-9/10 diagnostic codes and prescription drug co

SUBMITTER: Katz A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11751946 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature