Incidence of post-COVID syndrome and associated symptoms in outpatient care in Bavaria, Germany: a retrospective cohort study using routinely collected claims data.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To estimate the treatment incidence of post-COVID syndrome (postinfectious sequelae present at least 12 weeks following infection) in the context of ambulatory care in Bavaria, Germany, and to establish whether related diagnoses occur more frequently than in patients with no known history of COVID-19.

Design

Retrospective cohort analysis of routinely collected claims data.

Setting

Ambulatory care in Bavaria, Germany, observed from January 2020 to March 2022 (data accessed May 2022).

Participants

391 990 patients with confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis, 62 659 patients with other respiratory infection and a control group of 659 579 patients with no confirmed or suspected diagnosis of COVID-19.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Primary outcome is

SUBMITTER: Donnachie E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9511014 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature