A comprehensive characterisation of patients diagnosed with post-COVID-19 condition in Sweden 16 months after the introduction of the ICD-10 diagnosis code (U09.9): a population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The objective of this study was to provide a comprehensive characterisation of patients diagnosed with post-COVID-19 condition (PCC) during the first 16 months of usage of the International Classification of Diseases revision 10 (ICD-10) diagnosis code U09.9 in Sweden.

Methods

We used data from national registers and primary healthcare databases for all adult inhabitants of the two largest regions in Sweden, comprising 4.1 million inhabitants (approximately 40% of the Swedish population). We present the cumulative incidence and incidence rate of PCC overall and among subgroups and describe COVID-19 patients with or without PCC regarding sociodemographic characteristics, comorbidities, subsequent diseases, COVID-19 severity, and virus variants.

Findings

Of a

SUBMITTER: Bygdell M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9678230 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature