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.
Martin Chapman, Stevo Durbaba, Florence Tydeman, Matt Friend, Laura Duly, Julie Moore, Vasa Curcin, Yanzhong Wang, Caroline J Jolley, Georgios Kaltsakas, Trudie Chalder, Nicholas Hart, Mark Ashworth
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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.
一旦对长COVID患者的性质和数量有了更全面的了解，英国的二级医疗机构就会开发相关服务来调查、治疗和支持这些患者。我们的目标是根据全科医生（GP）将长COVID患者转介到现有二级医疗服务机构的情况，找出人口健康不平等的证据。尽管 Long COVID 的人口统计学特征大致反映了研究人群的多种族和社会弱势群体特征，但我们发现二级医疗转诊主要集中在老年患者和在英国出生并合并焦虑症的患者；尽管合并糖尿病与转诊减少有关。
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npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine is an open access, online-only, multidisciplinary journal dedicated to publishing high-quality research in all areas of the primary care management of respiratory and respiratory-related allergic diseases. Papers published by the journal represent important advances of significance to specialists within the fields of primary care and respiratory medicine. We are particularly interested in receiving papers in relation to the following aspects of respiratory medicine, respiratory-related allergic diseases and tobacco control:
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global health.
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