Long COVID could add an extra 6 months of pressure to healthcare systems

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A US study has found that healthcare systems should allocate extra resources to deal with COVID patients for 6 months after their infections because of COVID's longer-lasting effects. The study of around 250,000 people found that use of the healthcare system was higher for COVID patients 6 months after the acute infection. The most notable reasons people sought care after COVID were alopecia (hair loss), bronchitis, pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis, and shortness of breath.

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conference: JAMA Network Open

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Organisation/s: Kaiser Permanente Southern California, USA

Funder: This study was funded through the Vaccine Safety Datalink under contract No. 200-2012- 53580 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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