The report, published Sept. 28, used the Healthcare Cost Institute’s claims database, which includes claims for over one-third of the commercially insured population in the U.S.
Here are five findings from the report to note:
- Individuals who experienced long COVID-19 symptoms were not more likely to have been hospitalized with acute COVID-19. People with long COVID-19 were slightly less likely to have been hospitalized during their initial infection than those without ongoing symptoms.
- Fatigue, anxiety and depression were the most commonly reported long COVID-19 symptoms among the study population.
- Women were more likely to be diagnosed with long COVID-19 than men, and individuals who had long COVID-19 symptoms were older on average at the time of their acute infection than those without ongoing symptoms.
- People with long COVID-19 had healthcare spending rates almost five times higher than those with only an acute infection in the post-COVID-19 period.
- These spending differences were consistent across inpatient, outpatient and professional care settings.
Read the full report here.
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