Patterns of utilisation of specialist care after SARS-Cov-2 infection: a retrospective cohort study.

Giulio FormosoMassimiliano MarinoDebora FormisanoRoberto Grilli

Published in: BMJ open (2023)

Our findings reflect the burden of post-COVID sequelae, providing some specific insight on their impact on the extra-use of health services according to patients' characteristics and vaccination status. Vaccination is associated with lower cost of care following SARS-CoV-2 infection, highlighting the favourable impact of vaccines on the use of health services even when they do not prevent infection.

Keyphrases

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