Studying the Long-term Impact of COVID-19 in Kids (SLICK). Healthcare use and costs in children and young people following community-acquired SARS-CoV-2 infection: protocol for an observational study using linked primary and secondary routinely collected healthcare data from England, Scotland and Wales

Studying the Long-term Impact of COVID-19 in Kids (SLICK). Healthcare use and costs in children and young people following community-acquired SARS-CoV-2 infection: protocol for an observational study using linked primary and secondary routinely collected healthcare data from England, Scotland and Wales

Introduction SARS-CoV-2 infection rarely causes hospitalisation in children and young people (CYP), but mild or asymptomatic infections are common. Persistent symptoms following infection have been reported in CYP but subsequent healthcare use is unclear. We aim to describe healthcare use in CYP fol...

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Main Authors: Ashley Akbari, James Farrell, Aziz Sheikh, Ben Goldacre, Alex J Walker, Ewen M Harrison, Laurie A Tomlinson, Ronan Lyons, Sinead Brophy, Jennifer Preston, Colin R Simpson, Nazir I Lone, Louisa Pollock, Annemarie B Docherty, J Kenneth Baillie, Malcolm G Semple, Peter S Hall, Olivia V Swann, Sohan Seth, Thomas C Williams, Srinivasa V Katikireddi, Michael J Seaborne, J. Samantha Ainsworth, Freya F Semple
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2022-11-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/11/e063271.full

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