Healthcare costs and effects of post-COVID-19 condition in Canada 2023 Rafferty et al

Healthcare costs and effects of post-COVID-19 condition in Canada
https://www.canada.ca/en/public-hea...s-effects-post-covid-19-condition-canada.html

Abstract

Background: As evidence of the long-term health impacts of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) continues to grow across Canada, a key concern is the costs and health impacts of post-COVID-19 condition (PCC), especially while the healthcare system remains under substantial strain. The objective of this study is to estimate healthcare costs and quality-adjusted life year (QALY) decrements per PCC case and per acute COVID-19 case by vaccination status.

Methods: First, we conducted a rapid review of the literature to estimate 1) the probability of developing PCC following COVID-19 infection by vaccination status, 2) the probability of each condition commonly associated with PCC, 3) healthcare costs and QALY decrements associated with each condition and 4) the number of PCC cases currently in Canada. Second, using the data gathered from the literature, we built a tool to estimate the cost and QALY decrements per PCC and COVID-19 case.

Results: Post-COVID-19 condition costs per COVID-19 case ranged from CAD 1,675 to CAD 7,340, and QALY decrements ranged between 0.047 to 0.206, in the first year following COVID-19 infection. Overall, individuals who were unvaccinated when they were infected had higher costs and QALY decrements. We estimated the total burden of PCC to the Canadian healthcare system based on PCC estimates up until spring 2023 would be between CAD 7.8 and CAD 50.6 billion.

Conclusion: This article demonstrates the large potential health and economic burden of PCC for Canadians, and the importance of vaccination and other infection control strategies in reducing the longer-term costs and effects.

 

This is from last year but hasn't been posted.

I'm not sure why they put an upper limit of about $7K per year. If we take examples like me, of which I'm sure there are many in Long Covid, my costs are at least 3-4x higher than this, accounting for: loss of almost all taxes paid, disability support, medical care and additional costs. And that would be from an average wage, which puts it potentially at 10x this easily, at least as an upper bound.

 

Sounds about right

it’s these obvious approx amounts if people stopped fir even thirty secs to think about us that makes me look at things like the thread on the Swedish clinic where they were trialing the staphylococcus vaccine but it seems met with a concerted effort from certain quarters to close it just don’t make any sense.

I know it’s an if on whether it works but why close down such trials other than self-interest ? and how would someone get away with such a level of that if to everyone else should such a vaccine plus any other quite straightforward suggestions (b12 and folic and other things for some mentioned in the video) just help enough then it would mean a vast difference to these figures and to the individuals life.

I just don’t get what the advantage is of keeping some more disabled that necessary - and really don’t when you compare the costs to the imab type drugs and the amount of disability/impact on work etc

Some things just don’t add up