Post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 among hospitalized patients in Estonia: Nationwide matched cohort study.
Anna TislerOliver StirrupHeti PisarevRuth KaldaTatjana MeisterKadri SuijaRaivo KoldeMarko PiirsooAnneli UuskülaPublished in: PloS one (2022)
Our results provide evidence that the post-acute COVID-19 morbidity within the first year after COVID-19 hospitalization is substantial. Risks of all-cause mortality, hospitalisation and majority of clinical sequelae were significantly higher in hospitalized COVID-19 patients than in general population controls and warrant targeted prevention efforts.