Risk of clinical sequelae after the acute phase of SARS-CoV-2 infection: retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the excess risk and relative hazards for developing incident clinical sequelae after the acute phase of SARS-CoV-2 infection in adults aged 18-65.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Three merged data sources from a large United States health plan: a large national administrative claims database, an outpatient laboratory testing database, and an inpatient hospital admissions database.

Participants

Individuals aged 18-65 with continuous enrollment in the health plan from January 2019 to the date of a diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Three comparator groups, matched by propensity score, to individuals infected with SARS-CoV-2: a 2020 comparator group, an historical 2019 comparator group, and an historical comparator group with viral

SUBMITTER: Daugherty SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8132065 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature