SARS-CoV-2 Sequelae and Postdischarge Health Care Visits over 5 Months Follow-up among Children Hospitalized for COVID-19 or MIS-C

Abstract

Although post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 among adult survivors has gained significant attention, data in children hospitalized for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 is limited. This study of commercially insured US children shows that those hospitalized with COVID-19 or multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children have a substantial burden of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 sequelae and associated health care visits postdischarge.