The cost of primary care consultations associated with long COVID in non-hospitalised adults: a retrospective cohort study using UK primary care data

Table 2 Estimates of the annual primary care resource use and costs associated with Long COVID between 15^th April 2020 and 15^th April 2021

Cost component	Main analysis cohorts:		COVID-19 patients with:
Cost component	Unexposed (n = 472,173)	Exposed (n = 472,173)	DLC¹ (n = 3,871)	SLC² (n = 30,174)
Consultations 12 weeks after index date
Count	209,620	254,177	6,156	83,202
Rate (per patient)	0.44	0.54^***	1.59^***	2.76^***
Cost (absolute)
Total	£5,384,140	£6,533,404	£162,289	£2,080,873
Per patient	£11.40	£13.84^***	£41.92^***	£68.96^***
Cost (per person year)
Total	£11,284,942	£13,856,145	£363,739.70	£3,915,701
Mean	£23.90	£29.35^***	£93.97^***	£129.77^***

Unexposed cohort: a pool of the eligible patients without a record of COVID-19. Exposed cohort: non-hospitalised patients with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection. DLC Diagnosed with Long COVID patient group, SLC Symptoms of Long COVID patient group
Key: ^*p < 0.05, ^**p < 0.01, ^***p < 0.001

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