Incidence of Long COVID Diagnoses in 3.6 Million U.S. Medicare Beneficiaries With COVID-19
Long COVID diagnoses in Medicare claims were common in a large sample of older adults with COVID-19, and we observed a gradient in Long COVID risk across the number of prior COVID-19 vaccine doses. Promoting continued vaccination may be an effective strategy to mitigate the burden of Long COVID in older adults.
Authors
- Andrew R. Zullo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1673-4570)
- Yasin Abul (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7062-6920)
- Kaleen N. Hayes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1122-0071)
- Daniel A. Harris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4318-7373)
- Stefan Gravenstein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6000-6859)
- Vincent Mor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0084-1267)
- Preeti Chachlani
Institutions
- Brown University (US)
- Rhode Island Hospital (US)
- Providence VA Medical Center (US)
- University of Delaware (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journals of Gerontology Series A
- Published
- 2025-05-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glaf108
- Primary Topic
- Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00