COVID-19 leads to a rise in use of health care services for a variety of 18 conditions long after the acute stage of infection--study.

COVID-19’s impact ripples across 18 conditions after initial illness Study of more than 250,000 patients shows rise in use of health care services in the six months following initial acute infection. Learn more. American Medical Association

COVID-19 leads to a rise in use of health care services for a variety of conditions long after the acute stage of infection. This is especially true with virtual and emergency care, a team of researchers has reported in JAMA Network Open.

Evaluating more than 250,000 patients from eight large health care organizations across the U.S., researchers found an association between the virus and a 4% boost in services six months post-infection. The study “highlights the potential for COVID-19 to exert an ongoing demand on health care organizations,” lead study author Sara Y. Tartof, PhD, MPH, an epidemiologist with the Kaiser Permanente Southern California Department of Research & Evaluation, said in a statement.

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