Persistent symptoms after Covid-19: qualitative study of 114 "long Covid" patients and draft quality principles for services

• Main Authors: Emma Ladds (Author), Alex Rushforth (Author), Sietse Wieringa (Author), Sharon Taylor (Author), Clare Rayner (Author), Laiba Husain (Author), Trisha Greenhalgh (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Approximately 10% of patients with Covid-19 experience symptoms beyond 3-4 weeks. Patients call this "long Covid". We sought to document such patients' lived experience, including accessing and receiving healthcare and ideas for improving services. Methods We held...