Healthcare Utilization Among Patients Diagnosed with COVID-19 in a Large Integrated Health System.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The demands for healthcare resources following a COVID-19 diagnosis are substantial, but not currently quantified.

Objective

To describe trends in healthcare utilization within 180 days for patients diagnosed with COVID-19 and identify patient factors associated with increased healthcare use.

Design

Observational cohort study.

Patients

A total of 64,011 patients with a test-confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis from March to September 2020 in a large integrated healthcare system in Southern California.

Main measures

Overall healthcare utilization during the 180 days following COVID-19 diagnosis, as well as encounter types and reasons for visits during the first 30 days. Poisson regression was used to identify patient factors associated with higher util

SUBMITTER: Huang BZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8735886 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature