Prescription rates in different groups of outpatients with covid-19 and other acute respiratory infections: comparative observational study based on German routine data.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To identify and quantify prescriptions after a covid-19 infection compared with other acute respiratory infections in previously healthy patients and those with chronic disease.

Design

Comparative observational study based on German routine data.

Setting

Ambulatory care of all residents in Germany with statutory health insurance (88% of the German population).

Participants

Adults receiving a diagnosis of covid-19 or an acute respiratory infection between the fourth quarter of 2020 and the second quarter of 2021 who had rarely (70 797 and 173 822 with covid-19 and acute respiratory infection, respectively) or frequently (900 593 and 1 755 691, respectively) accessed outpatient medical care in the past.

Main outcome measures

Difference in differ

SUBMITTER: Paschke LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12414209 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature