Clinical and cost-effectiveness of diverse posthospitalisation pathways for COVID-19: a UK evaluation using the PHOSP-COVID cohort
Our analysis supports the need for proactive, stratified, comprehensive follow-up, particularly assessment and rehabilitation for adults after hospitalisation with COVID-19, showing these services are likely to be both clinically and cost-effective according to commonly accepted thresholds.
Authors
- Victoria Claire Harris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-2777-7199)
- Rhyan Gill
- Natalie Armstrong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4046-0119)
- Marco Sereno (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4573-9303)
- Andrew Briggs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0777-1997)
- Amisha Singapuri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-4711-7516)
- Alex Robert Horsley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1828-0058)
- Linzy Houchen‐Wolloff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4940-8835)
- Annemarie Beth Docherty (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8277-420X)
- Paul Little (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3664-1873)
- Matthew Richardson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5701-234X)
- Betty Raman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1239-9608)
- Ruth M. Saunders (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8893-6687)
- Jennifer Kathleen Quint (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0149-4869)
- Omer Elneima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2480-8840)
- Sally J. Singh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9834-0366)
- Christopher Edward Brightling (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9345-4903)
- Michael Marks (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7585-4743)
- Charlotte Overton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6084-2504)
- Hamish J. C. McAuley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8997-0764)
- James Duncan Chalmers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5514-7868)
- Louise V. Wain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4951-1867)
- Rachael A Evans (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1667-868X)
- Claire E. Hastie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4604-3319)
- Ewen M. Harrison (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5018-3066)
- Archie Walters (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6614-8452)
- Olivia C. Leavy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1503-5535)
- Samantha Walker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5503-8258)
- Ling‐Pei Ho (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8319-301X)
- Andrew Ibbetson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6238-3455)
- Nazir Lone (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2707-2779)
- Neil J. Greening (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0453-7529)
- John Pimm
- T. E. Emerson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9915-8948)
- Aarti Shikotra
- Krisnah Poinasamy
Institutions
- University College Hospital (GB)
- NHS Lothian (GB)
- University of Leicester (GB)
- University of Dundee (GB)
- NHS Tayside (GB)
- Churchill Hospital (GB)
- Glenfield Hospital (GB)
- Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (GB)
- Ninewells Hospital (GB)
- Edinburgh Royal Infirmary (GB)
- Leicester City Council (GB)
- National Institute for Health and Care Research (GB)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
- Hospital for Tropical Diseases (GB)
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- MRC Human Immunology Unit (GB)
- Asthma UK (GB)
- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust (GB)
- NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (GB)
- The Queen's Medical Research Institute (GB)
- NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (GB)
- University of Southampton (GB)
- University College London (GB)
- Imperial College London (GB)
- University of Edinburgh (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Open Respiratory Research
- Published
- 2025-10-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjresp-2025-003224
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.39
Funders
- UK Research and Innovation
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- British Heart Foundation
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Kidney Research UK
- Cystic Fibrosis Trust
- Diabetes UK
- Public Health England
- Versus Arthritis
- Blood Cancer UK
- NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre