Analysis shows significant financial burden of long COVID in US
Approximately 93% to 95% of these costs come from productivity losses.
Managing long-COVID cases could cost US employers $1.99 billion to $6.49 billion annually, according to a new model published yesterday in the Journal of Infectious Diseases. The model estimates current and future financial burdens related to long COVID, which affects an estimated 44.7 million to 48.0 million Americans.