Impact of the post-COVID-19 condition on health care after the first disease wave in Lombardy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lombardy was affected in the early months of 2020 by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic with very high morbidity and mortality. The post-COVID-19 condition and related public health burden are scarcely known.

Setting and design

Using the regional population administrative database including all the 48,932 individuals who survived COVID-19 and became polymerase-chain-reaction negative for SARS-CoV-2 by 31 May 2020, incident mortality, rehospitalizations, attendances to hospital emergency room, and outpatient medical visits were evaluated over a mid-term period of 6 months in 20,521 individuals managed at home, 26,016 hospitalized in medical wards, and 1611 in intensive care units (ICUs). These data were also evaluated in the corresponding period of 2019, when the region was n

SUBMITTER: Mannucci PM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9115275 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature