The Current and Future Burden of Long COVID in the United States
The current health and economic burden of long COVID may already exceed that of a number of other chronic diseases and will continue to grow each year as COVID-19 cases increase. This could be a significant drain on businesses, third-party payers, the healthcare system, and society.
Authors
- Tej Shah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8237-7254)
- Kelly J. O’Shea (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4957-5975)
- Yanhan Shen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9703-4412)
- Sheryl A. Scannell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2784-6279)
- McKaylee M. Robertson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8426-6572)
- María Elena Bottazzi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8429-0476)
- Allan Ciciriello (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4733-1216)
- Denis Nash (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3280-5386)
- Sarah Kulkarni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0807-339X)
- Marie F. Martinez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8725-1894)
- Kevin L. Chin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8715-7016)
- Jessie Heneghan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5274-9864)
- Sarah M. Bartsch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0523-4717)
- Bruce Y. Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2633-8651)
- Peter J. Hotez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8770-1042)
- Kavya Velmurugan
- Ulrich Strych (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9455-7683)
- Alexis Dibbs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-5871-6023)
- Colleen Weatherwax (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5929-518X)
- Danielle C. John
Institutions
- The Graduate Center, CUNY (US)
- City University of New York (US)
- Baylor College of Medicine (US)
- Computer Emergency Response Team (FR)
- International Rescue Committee (US)
- Texas Children's Hospital (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-01-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiaf030
- Citations
- 20
- Primary Topic
- Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 27.79