Vast Majority of Long Covid Patients Were Never Hospitalized, Report Finds - Gizmodo

The study, an examination of private insurance claims, found that three-fourths of diagnosed long covid patients were not hospitalized for covid-19.

Additionally, the researchers found that patients were most likely to be co-diagnosed with symptoms such as fatigue and trouble breathing.

This code, officially known as “U09.9 Post covid-19 condition, unspecified,” allowed patients to be formally recognized as having long covid.

But it also provided another way for researchers to study these patients on a larger scale.

And while many patients did have preexisting health conditions, 30% had been never diagnosed with any chronic illness prior to their long covid.