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Boca Raton, FL – NCCI recently released a new special report by guest author, Dr. Michael Choo, Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President for Paradigm, titled COVID-19 and The New Reality – Prolonged COVID.
It has been a year and a half since our nation declared the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV2) infection as a national emergency. But due to its evolving viral variants of concern, the COVID-19 pandemic still rages on in the US and around the globe. This novel infection surprised the nation and our medical community with its severe and devastating impact on multiorgan systems, necessitating high-intensity acute medical care and critical care.
But, what is even more bewildering are the lingering debilitating effects from COVID-19 infection that are just now starting to be recognized.
Research has shown that although survivors of severe COVID-19 illness have very high rates of persistent symptoms from permanent organ damages —up to 76% at six months; the growing concern is the projection that approximately 10% of people who contract mild COVID-19 infection will suffer from persistent symptoms well beyond four weeks.
The new report represents the first of a two-part series on long COVID. Next, NCCI will next explore its rich data sources to identify long COVID claims, looking for trends in medical treatments and associated costs and will report on the potential implications for workers compensation.
Read the free report: NCCI: COVID-19 and The New Reality – Prolonged COVID
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