Higher Post-Acute Health Care Costs Following SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Adults in Ontario, Canada
Post-acute health care costs after a positive SARS-CoV-2 PCR test were significantly higher than matched test-negative individuals, and these increased costs persisted for at least one year. The largest increases health care costs came from hospitalizations, long-term care, complex continuing care, followed by outpatient specialists (for males) and homecare costs (for women). Given the magnitude of ongoing viral spread, policymakers, clinicians, and patients should be aware of higher post-acute health care costs following SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Authors
- Ivona Mostarac (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9621-983X)
- Peter C. Austin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3337-233X)
- Walter P. Wodchis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2494-7031)
- Husam Mohamed Abdel-Qadir (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7105-7931)
- Douglas S. Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7078-745X)
- Atul Sivaswamy
- Jacob A. Udell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7402-9584)
- Jiming Fang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4526-0987)
- Clare Atzema (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7236-5522)
- Candace D. McNaughton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0095-9134)
- Zhiyin Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7900-4826)
Institutions
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Trillium Health Centre (CA)
- Women's College Hospital (CA)
- Institute of Health Services and Policy Research (CA)
- Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research (CA)
- Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (CA)
- Sunnybrook Hospital (CA)
- Sunnybrook Research Institute
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare
- Published
- 2024-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2147/jmdh.s465154
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.74
Funders
- Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
- CorHealth Ontario