Long-haul COVID: healthcare utilization and medical expenditures 6 months post-diagnosis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite extensive evidence that COVID-19 symptoms may persist for up to a year, their long-term implications for healthcare utilization and costs 6 months post-diagnosis remain relatively unexplored. We examine patient-level association of COVID-19 diagnosis association of COVID-19 diagnosis with average monthly healthcare utilization and medical expenditures for up to 6 months, explore heterogeneity across age groups and determine for how many months post-diagnosis healthcare utilization and costs of COVID-19 patients persist above pre-diagnosis levels.

Methods

This population-based retrospective cohort study followed COVID-19 patients' healthcare utilization and costs from January 2019 through March 2021 using claims data provided by the COVID-19 Research Databa

SUBMITTER: Koumpias AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9358916 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature