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Employers’ Long Game for Long Covid Scott Conard, Mark Cunningham-Hill, Mohannad Kusti, , Suresh Mukherji, Wayne Rawlins, Stan Schwartz, and Co-authored by members of the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions’ Medical Director Advisory Council [Line breaks added] In-Brief The...

Long-COVID is associated with increased absenteeism from work Jaewhan Kim, Sanghoon Lee, Peter Weir [Line breaks added] Abstract Long-COVID, defined as COVID-19 symptoms persisting for more than 3 months, may lead to persistent health issues requiring extensive medical care. Despite its...

Comparing Disaster Costs with the Long-term Economic Impact of Chronic Illness Stemming from COVID-19 in Germany https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-15292.html Disasters associated with natural hazards often coincide with other types of threats and risks including health...

Highlights Long COVID reduces work productivity. The longer long COVID lasts, the greater the amount of economic loss. This study assessed long COVID in Japanese society. Patient-reported outcomes were considered to understand the impact of long COVID. Results showed that symptom duration...

Long COVID and financial hardship: A disaggregated analysis at income and education levels Biplab Kumar Datta; Ishtiaque Fazlul; M. Mahmud Khan OBJECTIVES To examine how long COVID is associated with financial hardship (food insecurity, inability to pay bills, or threat of losing service)...

Healthcare costs and effects of post-COVID-19 condition in Canada https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/reports-publications/canada-communicable-disease-report-ccdr/monthly-issue/2023-49/issue-10-october-2023/healthcare-costs-effects-post-covid-19-condition-canada.html Abstract...

Trajectories of functional limitations, health-related quality of life and societal costs in individuals with long COVID: a population-based longitudinal cohort study Jiunn Wang; Henry Goodfellow; Sarah Walker; Ann Blandford; Paul Pfeffer; John R Hurst; David Sunkersing; Katherine Bradbury...

Aberrations in medically certified sick leave and primary healthcare consultations in Norway in 2023 compared to pre-COVID-19-pandemic trends Abstract Background Since 2022, Norway has employed a vaccine-only COVID-19 strategy. Primary healthcare in Norway uses International Classification of...

Abstract Objective: To estimate the number of people in Australia with long COVID by age group, and the associated medium term productivity and economic losses. Study design: Modelling study: a susceptible–exposed–infected–recovered (SEIR) model to estimate the number of people with long COVID...

The association between prolonged SARS-CoV-2 symptoms and work outcomes Arjun K. Venkatesh; Huihui Yu; Caitlin Malicki; Michael Gottlieb; Joann G. Elmore; Mandy J. Hill; Ahamed H. Idris; Juan Carlos C. Montoy; Kelli N. O’Laughlin; Kristin L. Rising; Kari A. Stephens; Erica S. Spatz; Robert A...

Comparative analysis of financial toxicity between SARS-CoV-2 infection and common comorbidities Han Su; Hilaire J. Thompson; Karl Cristie Figuracion; Mayur Bipin Patel; Dale M. Needham Financial toxicity is common in individuals with COVID-19 and Long COVID. However, the extent of financial...

Long COVID science, research and policy Al-Aly, Ziyad; Davis, Hannah; McCorkell, Lisa; Soares, Letícia; Wulf-Hanson, Sarah; Iwasaki, Akiko; Topol, Eric J. Long COVID represents the constellation of post-acute and long-term health effects caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection; it is a complex...

Determining the societal value of a prospective drug for ME/CFS in Germany Afschin Gandjour BACKGROUND Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) imposes a substantial societal and economic burden. The aim of this study is to ascertain the optimal level of public research and...

I think a financial outcome measure will be important for getting governmental funding support for bigger trials and making a case for future treatment subsidies. So it should be considered an outcome measure of improvement. There are several factors, these are 3 that spring to mind: -...

Impact of COVID-19 on Work Loss in the United States- A Retrospective Database Analysis Jennifer Judy; Alon Yehoshua; Julie Gouveia-Pisano; Richard A. Brook; Nathan L. Kleinman; Alek A. Drnach; Eric M. Rosenberg; Tanya Ghanjanasak; Deborah A. Winter; Feng Dai; Jannette M. Escobar; Heather Sell...

Several analyses of the estimated costs and economic impacts of chronic illnesses like ME/CFS and Long Covid have been published. They all show a heavy economic burden, amounting in the trillions in economic losses, that probably make the strongest argument to convince governments and...

The impacts of long COVID across OECD countries Ana Espinosa Gonzalez and Elina Suzuki Imperial College London, UK OECD, Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, Health Division From Key Findings — 3. Long COVID can severely limit people’s ability to undertake basic activities of...

"Long Covid is now prevalent in the UK population, with the most recent estimates in March 2023 revealing 1.9 million people living with the condition, of which 1.6 million people are working age. With a growing evidence base revealing the impact of Long Covid on health and livelihoods, and...

Long COVID is a double curse in low-income nations — here’s why Not only is the prevalence of the condition poorly understood, but it’s also often ignored by physicians and the wider public.

Abstract Background Around 2 million people in the UK suffer from Long COVID (LC). Of concern is the disease impact on productivity and informal care burden. This study aimed to quantify and value productivity losses and informal care receipt in a sample of LC patients in the UK. Methods The...