Instruct: Identify the main category of Medrxiv papers based on the titles and abstracts
Query: Comprehensive Evaluation of COVID-19 Patient Short- and Long-term Outcomes: Disparities in Healthcare Utilization and Post-Hospitalization Outcomes BackgroundUnderstanding risk factors for short- and long-term COVID-19 outcomes have implications for current guidelines and practice. We study whether early identified risk factors for COVID-19 persist one year later and through varying disease progression trajectories.

MethodsThis was a retrospective study of 6,731 COVID-19 patients presenting to Michigan Medicine between March 10, 2020 and March 10, 2021. We describe disease progression trajectories from diagnosis to potential hospital admission, discharge, readmission, or death. Outcomes pertained to all patients: rate of medical encounters, hospitalization-free survival, and overall survival, and hospitalized patients: discharge versus in-hospital death and readmission. Risk factors included patient age, sex, race, body mass index, and 29 comorbidity conditions.

ResultsYounger, non-Black patients utilized healthcare resources at higher rates, while older, male, and Black patients had higher rates of hospitalization and mortality. Diabetes with complications, coagulopathy, fluid and electrolyte disorders, and blood loss anemia were risk factors for these outcomes. Diabetes with complications, coagulopathy, fluid and electrolyte disorders, and blood loss were associated with lower discharge and higher inpatient mortality rates.

ConclusionsThis study found differences in healthcare utilization and adverse COVID-19 outcomes, as well as differing risk factors for short- and long-term outcomes throughout disease progression. These findings may inform providers in emergency departments or critical care settings of treatment priorities, empower healthcare stakeholders with effective disease management strategies, and aid health policy makers in optimizing allocations of medical resources.
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The categories of this paper are: cardiovascular
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The categories of this paper are: psychology
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The categories of this paper are: palliative
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The categories of this paper are: hematology
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The categories of this paper are: ophthalmology
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The categories of this paper are: orthopedics
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The categories of this paper are: research
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The categories of this paper are: global
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The categories of this paper are: sports
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The categories of this paper are: intensive
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The categories of this paper are: public
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The categories of this paper are: rheumatology
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The categories of this paper are: allergy
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The categories of this paper are: dermatology
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The categories of this paper are: pain
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The categories of this paper are: dentistry