Development of a Novel Care Rehabilitation Pathway for Post-COVID Conditions (Long COVID) in a Provincial Health System in Alberta, Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The purpose of this study was to describe the development and composition of a codesigned, multidisciplinary, integrated, systematic rehabilitation framework for post-COVID conditions (PCC) that spans the care continuum to streamline and standardize rehabilitation services to support persons with PCC in Alberta, Canada.

Methods

A collaborative, consensus-based approach was used involving 2 iterative provincial taskforces in a Canadian provincial health system. The first taskforce (59 multidisciplinary stakeholders) sought to clarify the requisite facets of a sustainable, provincially coordinated rehabilitation approach for post-COVID rehabilitation needs based on available research evidence. The second taskforce (129 multidisciplinary stakeholders) translated that

SUBMITTER: Manhas KP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9384405 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature