Real-World Data Study Identifies Negative Health Outcomes in Long COVID Patients One Year Out

A newly published study in JAMA Health Outcomes found several adverse health outcomes in people living with long COVID one year after their initial infection. The researchers analyzed data from 13,435 people with long COVID symptoms and nearly 27,000 without it, finding that those with long COVID had increased care utilization and higher rates of a litany of cardiovascular symptoms.

According to Nina Cosdon, “Additionally, the long COVID patients had a mortality rate of 2.8%, compared to the controls’ 1.2% mortality rate. This equates to an excess death rate of 16.4 per 1000 individuals with long COVID.”

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(Source: Contagion Live, March 4^th, 2023)