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Post-COVID-19 Condition Patients’ Utilisation of Healthcare Resources after Implementation of an Integrated Care Unit: A Retrospective and Case-Control Observational Study
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: Received: 15 February 2024 / Approved: 16 February 2024 / Online: 16 February 2024 (11:34:16 CET)
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Vicente Gómez, J.Á.; de Muniategui Climent, M.; Loste, C.; Barreales, S.; Ricou Ríos, L.; Paredes, R.; Mateu, L.; Lopez Segui, F. Post-COVID-19 Condition Patients’ Utilisation of Healthcare Resources after Implementation of an Integrated Care Unit: A Retrospective and Case-Control Observational Study . Preprints2024, 2024020870. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202402.0870.v1
Vicente Gómez, J.Á.; de Muniategui Climent, M.; Loste, C.; Barreales, S.; Ricou Ríos, L.; Paredes, R.; Mateu, L.; Lopez Segui, F. Post-COVID-19 Condition Patients’ Utilisation of Healthcare Resources after Implementation of an Integrated Care Unit: A Retrospective and Case-Control Observational Study . Preprints 2024, 2024020870. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202402.0870.v1
Vicente Gómez, J.Á.; de Muniategui Climent, M.; Loste, C.; Barreales, S.; Ricou Ríos, L.; Paredes, R.; Mateu, L.; Lopez Segui, F. Post-COVID-19 Condition Patients’ Utilisation of Healthcare Resources after Implementation of an Integrated Care Unit: A Retrospective and Case-Control Observational Study . Preprints2024, 2024020870. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202402.0870.v1
APA Style
Vicente Gómez, J.Á., de Muniategui Climent, M., Loste, C., Barreales, S., Ricou Ríos, L., Paredes, R., Mateu, L., & Lopez Segui, F. (2024). <span data-contrast="none">Post-COVID-19 Condition Patients’ Utilisation of Healthcare Resources after Implementation of an Integrated Care Unit: A Retrospective and Case-Control Observational Study <span data-ccp-props="{">. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202402.0870.v1
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Vicente Gómez, J.Á., Lourdes Mateu and Francesc Lopez Segui. 2024 "<span data-contrast="none">Post-COVID-19 Condition Patients’ Utilisation of Healthcare Resources after Implementation of an Integrated Care Unit: A Retrospective and Case-Control Observational Study <span data-ccp-props="{">" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202402.0870.v1
Abstract
Background: While the clinical factors of the post-COVID-19 condition (PCC) are becoming clearer, the economic implications remain uncertain, posing a challenge to healthcare professionals in terms of understanding and managing this emerging phenomenon. This article aims to investigate the demographic and clinical characteristics of PCC patients and quantify the economic impact of their healthcare resource utilisation.Methods: A retrospective and case-control observational study was conducted, comparing the case group of PCC population before and after diagnosis with a control group. Demographic and clinical variables were analysed with the objective of describing the population. Economic analysis was performed to evaluate the resource costs in procedures and primary, secondary (both outpatient and inpatient) and emergency care.Findings: PCC patients (N=341) exhibited older age and elevated cardiovascular risk factors compared to controls (N=49,078). There were differences in the socio-economic distribution between male and female patients in the PCC patients. Hypertension and diabetes mellitus type 2 were the most common chronic diseases observed among the case patients. Economic analysis revealed that PCC patients were approximately four times as costly as control patients, with increased utilisation of healthcare resources. However, post-diagnosis PCC patients showed a reduction in costs, primarily driven by decreased primary care visits and hospitalisations.Conclusion: Coordinated care management for PCC patients is associated with reduced costs and improved healthcare resource utilisation. Further research is warranted to investigate long-term health outcomes and establish causal relationships between COVID-19 sequelae and healthcare resource utilisation.
Keywords
COVID-19; Economic evaluation; Healthcare utilisation; Post-COVID-19 condition; Long COVID
Subject
Medicine and Pharmacology, Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases
Copyright:
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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