Abstract

Once the nature and number of patients with Long COVID was more fully understood, UK secondary care developed services to investigate, treat and support these patients. We aimed to identify evidence for demographic health inequalities based on general practitioner (GP) Long COVID referrals to available secondary care services. Despite Long COVID demographics broadly reflecting the multiethnic and socially disadvantaged profile of the study population, we found that secondary care referral was mainly focussed on older age patients and those born in the UK with co-morbid anxiety; although co-morbid diabetes was associated with reduced referrals.

Details

Title
Long COVID demographic and secondary care referral characteristics in primary care: analysis of anonymised primary care data from a multiethnic, deprived urban area in the UK
Author
Chapman, Martin 1 ; Durbaba, Stevo 1 ; Tydeman, Florence 1 ; Friend, Matt 2 ; Duly, Laura 2 ; Moore, Julie 2 ; Curcin, Vasa 1 ; Wang, Yanzhong 1 ; Jolley, Caroline J. 3 ; Kaltsakas, Georgios 4 ; Chalder, Trudie 5 ; Hart, Nicholas 4 ; Ashworth, Mark 1 

 King’s College London, Department of Population Health Sciences, London, UK (GRID:grid.13097.3c) (ISNI:0000 0001 2322 6764) 
 Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, South East London Long COVID Programme, London, UK (GRID:grid.420545.2) 
 King’s College London, Centre for Human and Applied Physiological Sciences, London, UK (GRID:grid.13097.3c) (ISNI:0000 0001 2322 6764); King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Department of Respiratory Medicine, London, UK (GRID:grid.429705.d) (ISNI:0000 0004 0489 4320) 
 Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, Lane Fox Clinical Respiratory Physiology Research Centre, London, UK (GRID:grid.420545.2) 
 King’s College London, Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, London, UK (GRID:grid.13097.3c) (ISNI:0000 0001 2322 6764) 
Pages
25
Publication year
2024
Publication date
2024
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20551010
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3111349246
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2024. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.