Long COVID and Days of Work Missed Due to Illness or Injury by Adults in the United States, 2022, 2025, Liu-Galvin et al.

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Long COVID and Days of Work Missed Due to Illness or Injury by Adults in the United States, 2022

Liu-Galvin, Rachel; Orlando, Frank A.; Khan, Tamkeen; Wozniak, Gregory D.; Mainous, Arch G.

Abstract​

Introduction: There are concerns of postacute sequelae of COVID-19, but the impact of long COVID on the US workforce is unclear.

Methods: We analyzed the nationally representative 2022 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS).
Adult (aged 18 or above) full time workers were classified as those who had never had COVID-19, those who had COVID-19 without long COVID, and those who had long COVID.
The number of days of work missed due to illness in 2022 was assessed in unadjusted negative binomial regressions and those adjusted for paid sick leave, age, sex, race and comorbidities.

Results: Among 125,151,402 (weighted) adults, 42.9% never had COVID-19, 49.6% had COVID-19 without long COVID, and 7.5% had long COVID.
Patients with long COVID missed more than 8 days of work in a year which was 171% higher than patients without COVID-19% and 62% higher than those who had COVID-19 without long COVID.
After adjusting for potential confounding variables, patients who had COVID-19 without long COVID had a greater rate of missing work (IRR 1.75; 95% CI 1.51, 2.04) compared with those who did not have COVID-19.
Long COVID patients had an even higher rate of missing work (IRR 2.21; 95% CI 1.79, 2.73) compared with those who did not have COVID-19.

Discussion: An additional outcome for patients with long COVID is an impact on the workforce and significantly more missed workdays.

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Economic Burden of Long COVID: Lost Labor Costs in US Adults
Rachel Liu-Galvin; Frank A Orlando; Arch G Mainous

INTRODUCTION
Long COVID (LC) is associated with significantly more days of work missed due to illness. Given this impact on the workforce, we estimated the lost labor costs associated with these additional missed workdays among individuals with LC in the US in 2022.

METHODS
104,889,622 (weighted) adult full-time workers in the 2022 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey were categorized as: never had COVID-19, had COVID-19 without LC, and had LC. The estimated cost of...
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The rising cost of Long COVID and ME/CFS in Germany
For the first time, a new report released by Risklayer and the ME/CFS Research Foundation models the prevalence and cost of Long COVID and ME/CFS in Germany. The report looked at the entire five-year period between 2020 and 2024 and found that both diseases created a substantial societal burden. This website summarises key findings and conclusions from the report. The full report, which includes a detailed description of the...
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