Long COVID, are long-term symptoms people experience after becoming infected with the coronavirus.
PUBLISHED 3:32 PM EDT May. 18, 2022About three-quarters of patients diagnosed with post-COVID conditions did not require hospitalization when they initially became infected, a new study found.About three-quarters of patients diagnosed with post-COVID conditions did not require hospitalization when they initially became infected, a new study found
The researchers found that three in 10 people diagnosed with long COVID had no previous known underlying conditions “Post-COVID conditions have become an issue of growing national concern,” Fair Health President Robin Gelburd said in a statement. “ … We hope these findings prove helpful for all individuals diagnosed with post-COVID conditions, as well as for providers, payors, policy makers and researchers.”
Individuals 65 and older accounted for just 6% of the cases, but the paper’s authors noted that a limitation of the study was that they did not have data from patients covered by most Medicare plans. Other researchers have found that long COVID is more likely with increasing age.
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