Post-acute health care burden after SARS-CoV-2 infection: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The post-acute burden of health care use after SARS-CoV-2 infection is unknown. We sought to quantify the post-acute burden of health care use after SARS-CoV-2 infection among community-dwelling adults in Ontario by comparing those with positive and negative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test results for SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective cohort study involving community-dwelling adults in Ontario who had a PCR test between Jan. 1, 2020, and Mar. 31, 2021. Follow-up began 56 days after PCR testing. We matched people 1:1 on a comprehensive propensity score. We compared per-person-year rates for health care encounters at the mean and 99th percentiles, and compared counts using negative binomial models, stratified by sex.

Results

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SUBMITTER: McNaughton CD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9616149 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature