Assessing the Impact of Post-COVID Clinics on 6-Month Health Care Utilization for Patients With Long COVID: A Single-Center Experience
Early usage of post-COVID clinics by patients with Long COVID is associated with not only fewer downstream inpatient stays, emergency department visits, estimated costs, and reduced mortality within the first 6 months but also greater outpatient utilization. Results suggest early post-COVID clinic involvement shifts care to outpatient settings, potentially reducing costs and mortality.
Authors
- Ali S Afshar
- Ravindra Ganesh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6877-1712)
- Reza Alavi
- Kirby Gong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6581-5214)
- Hadi H.K. Kharrazi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1481-4323)
- F. Brown (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-3225-5915)
Institutions
- Mayo Clinic (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Maryland Institute College of Art (US)
- Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)
- WinnMed (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Mayo Clinic Proceedings Innovations Quality & Outcomes
- Published
- 2025-04-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mayocpiqo.2025.100603
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.39