Post-acute effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection in individuals not requiring hospital admission: a Danish population-based cohort study

Lars Christian Lund; Jesper Hallas; Henrik Nielsen; Anders Koch; Stine Mogensen; Nikolai C. Brun; Christian Fynbo Christiansen; Reimar W. Thomsen; Anton Pottegård

doi:10.1016/s1473-3099(21)00211-5

May 10, 2021The Lancet Infectious DiseasesOpen Access

Post-acute effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection in individuals not requiring hospital admission: a Danish population-based cohort study

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To examine prescription drug requirements and health-care utilization following SARS-CoV-2 infection in individuals who did not require acute hospital admission.
Population-based cohort study conducted using nationwide health registries in Denmark.
Tracked health-care encounters and new prescription drug redemptions among nonhospitalized individuals testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 compared to uninfected controls.
Overall absolute risk of severe delayed complications following nonhospitalized SARS-CoV-2 infection remains low.
Infected outpatients exhibit modest increases in visits to general practitioners and specialized outpatient clinics during the post-acute recovery period.

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Cohort study evaluates post-acute complications and health-care utilization in nonhospitalized individuals with SARS-CoV-2, highlighting outpatient recovery outcomes.

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Background Individuals admitted to hospital for COVID-19 might have persisting symptoms (so-called long COVID) and delayed complications after discharge. However, little is known regarding the risk for those not admitted to hospital. We therefore examined prescription drug and health-care use after SARS-CoV-2 infection not requiring hospital admission.

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