Department of Population Health Sciences, King's College London, London, UK.
South East London Long COVID Programme, Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
NPJ Prim Care Respir Med. 2024 Sep 30;34(1):25. doi: 10.1038/s41533-024-00385-8.
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.
一旦对长新冠患者的性质和数量有了更全面的了解,英国二级保健就开始开发服务来调查、治疗和支持这些患者。我们的目的是根据全科医生(GP)向二级保健服务机构转介的长新冠病例,确定基于人口统计学的健康不平等证据。尽管长新冠的人口统计学特征大致反映了研究人群的多民族和社会弱势群体的特征,但我们发现,二级保健转诊主要集中在年龄较大的患者以及在英国出生且伴有焦虑共病的患者身上;尽管伴有糖尿病与减少转诊相关。