March 3, 2026Open Access

Ethnic differences in Long COVID diagnosed in primary care in England (2020–2022): an observational cohort study using OpenSAFELY

Key Points

Long COVID diagnoses showed significant ethnic differences, indicating varied health impacts among groups.
The analysis revealed disparities, with minority ethnic groups facing increased risk for long COVID outcomes.
Observational cohort study using OpenSAFELY analyzed data from primary care patients in England from 2020 to 2022.
Highlights the importance of targeted healthcare strategies to address disparities in long COVID cases among ethnic groups.

Abstract

The OpenSAFELY platform is principally funded by grants from: NHS England 2023-2025; The Wellcome Trust (222097/Z/20/Z) 2020-2024; MRC (MR/V015737/1) 2020-2021. Additional contributions to OpenSAFELY and this analysis have been funded by grants from: MRC via the National Core Study programme, Longitudinal Health and Wellbeing strand (MCPC₂0030, MCPC₂0059) 2020-2022 and the Data and Connectivity strand (MCPC₂0058) 2021-2022; NHS England via the Primary Care Medicines Analytics Unit 2021-2024; NIHR and MRC via the CONVALESCENCE programme (COV-LT-0009, MCPC₂0051) 2021-2024 and MRC (MR/V040235/1) 2021-24.

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Mallinson et al. (Thu,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69a7682fbadf0bb9e87e3de5 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanepe.2026.101605

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