Table 3.
Post-hospital discharge health care utilization, new consultations, and new medications prescribed.
| Variables, n (%) or median (IQR), range | Overall N = 79 |
Not recovered N = 23 (29.1%) |
Recovered N = 56 (70.9%) |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emergency department visit | 31 (39.2) | 13 (56.5) | 18 (32.1) | 0.07 |
| No. emergency department visits | 2 (1, 3), 1–7 | 2 (1, 3), 1–7 | 2 (1, 3), 1–5 | 0.82 |
| Emergency department disposition (first) | 0.74 | |||
| Home | 22 (70.8) | 10 (76.9) | 12 (66.7) | |
| ICU | 2 (6.5) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (11.1) | |
| Ward | 6 (19.4) | 3 (23.1) | 3 (16.7) | |
| Other | 1 (3.2) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (5.7) | |
| Emergency department disposition (most recent) | 0.84 | |||
| Home | 13 (72.2) | 5 (71.4) | 8 (72.7) | |
| ICU | 1 (5.6) | 1 (14.3) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Ward | 3 (16.7) | 1 (14.3) | 2 (18.2) | |
| Other | 1 (5.6) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (9.1) | |
| Hospital readmission | 19 (24.1) | 5 (21.7) | 14 (25.0) | 1.000 |
| No. hospital readmissions | 2 (1, 4), 1–8 | 4 (3, 5), 1–8 | 1.5 (1, 3), 1–5 | 0.060 |
| Follow-up care visits | ||||
| Primary care provider | 58 (73.4) | 22 (95.7) | 36 (64.3) | 0.004 |
| Cardiology | 28 (35.4) | 8 (34.8) | 20 (35.7) | 1.000 |
| Neurology | 18 (22.8) | 9 (39.1) | 9 (16.1) | 0.0439 |
| Physical therapy | 14 (17.7) | 5 (21.7) | 9 (16.1) | 0.5435 |
| Speech therapy | 14 (17.7) | 4 (17.4) | 10 (17.9) | 1.000 |
| Pulmonary | 13 (16.5) | 7 (30.4) | 6 (10.7) | 0.05 |
| Occupational therapy | 12 (15.2) | 5 (21.7) | 7 (12.5) | 0.32 |
| Psychologist | 12 (15.2) | 8 (34.8) | 4 (7.1) | 0.004 |
| Post-COVID clinic | 7 (8.9) | 4 (17.4) | 3 (5.4) | 0.19 |
| Rehabilitation | 6 (7.6) | 4 (17.4) | 2 (3.6) | 0.06 |
| Neuropsychology | 5 (6.3) | 3 (13.0) | 2 (3.6) | 0.15 |
| Post-intensive care unit follow-up clinic | 4 (5.1) | 4 (17.4) | 0 (0.0) | 0.01 |
| Other | 19 (24.1) | 9 (39.1) | 10 (17.9) | 0.08 |
| New medications prescribed by indication | ||||
| Heart problems | 6 (7.6) | 1 (4.4) | 5 (8.9) | 0.67 |
| Lung problems | 6 (7.6) | 2 (8.7) | 4 (7.1) | 1.00 |
| Seizures | 5 (6.3) | 3 (13.0) | 2 (3.6) | 0.15 |
| Steroids | 5 (6.3) | 4 (17.4) | 1 (1.8) | 0.02 |
| Anxiety | 4 (5.1) | 3 (13.0) | 1 (1.8) | 0.07 |
| Depression | 3 (3.8) | 2 (8.7) | 1 (1.8) | 0.20 |
| Pain | 3 (3.4) | 2 (8.7) | 1 (1.8) | 0.20 |
| Antibiotics | 3 (3.8) | 2 (8.7) | 1 (1.8) | 0.20 |
| Other psychiatric (mood, antipsychotics) | 3 (3.8) | 1 (4.4) | 2 (3.6) | 1.00 |
| Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | – |
| Drug withdrawal | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | – |