Long COVID in Women Veterans Residing in Underserved,Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Neighborhoods of Chicago

Ioannou GN , Baraff A , Fox A , et al. Rates and factors associated with documentation of diagnostic codes for long COVID in the National Veterans Affairs Health Care System. JAMA Netw Open, 2022; 5(7):e2224359.

Hammel IS , Tosi DM , Tang F , Pott H , Ruiz JG . Frailty as a risk factor for post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 among US veterans during the Delta and Omicron waves. J Am Geriatr Soc, 2023; 71(12):3826–3835; doi: 10.1111/jgs.18584

Bowe B , Xie Y , Al-Aly Z . Postacute sequelae of COVID-19 at 2 years. Nat Med, 2023; 29(9):2347–2357.

Munipalli B , Seim L , Dawson NL , Knight D , Dabrh AMA . Post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC): A meta-narrative review of pathophysiology, prevalence, and management. SN Compr Clin Med, 2022; 4(1):90.

Tsai S , Nguyen H , Ebrahimi R , et al. COVID-19 associated mortality and cardiovascular disease outcomes among US women veterans. Sci Rep, 2021; 11(1):8497.

Upchurch DM , Wong MS , Yuan AH , et al. COVID-19 infection in the Veterans Health Administration: Gender-specific racial and ethnic differences. Womens Health Issues, 2022; 32(1):41–50.

Ahmad K , Erqou S , Shah N , et al. Association of poor housing conditions with COVID-19 incidence and mortality across US counties. PLoS One, 2020; 15(11):e0241327.

Maroko AR , Nash D , Pavilonis BT . COVID-19 and inequity: A comparative spatial analysis of New York City and Chicago hot spots. J Urban Health, 2020; 97(4):461–470.

Chen JT , Krieger N . Revealing the unequal burden of COVID-19 by income, race/ethnicity, and household crowding: US county vs ZIP code analyses. Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies Working Paper Series, Volume 19, Number 1. April 21, 2020.

Kim SJ , Bostwick W . Social vulnerability and racial inequality in COVID-19 deaths in Chicago. Health Educ Behav, 2020; 47(4):509–513.

Healthy People 2030. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. Available from: https://health.gov/healthypeople/objectives-and-data/social-determinants-health [Last accessed: February 13, 2023 ].

United State Census Bureau. Poverty in the United States: 2022. Available from: https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2023/demo/p60-280.pdf [Last accessed: December 3, 2023 ].

Stephens MD , Gazmararian JA , Khakharia A . Prevalence and risk factors of post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 among United States Veterans. Ann Epidemiol, 2023; 89:1–7.

Gardner J , Brown G , Vargas-Correa J , Weaver F , Rubinstein I , Gordon HS . An assessment of Veterans attitudes and willingness to receiving the COVID-19 vaccine: a mixed methods study. BMC Infect Dis, 2022; 22(1):308.

Xie Y , Choi T , Al-Aly Z . Association of treatment with nirmatrelvir and the risk of post-COVID-19 condition. JAMA Intern Med, 2023; 183(6):554–564.

Ioannou GN , Berry K , Rajeevan N , et al. Effectiveness of nirmatrelvir-ritonavir against the development of post-COVID-19 conditions among U.S. veterans: A target trial emulation. Ann Intern Med, 2023; 176(11):1486–1497.

Jesse Brown VA Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (Long COVID) Program. Available from: https://www.va.gov/chicago-health-care/programs/covid-19-vaccines/jesse-brown-va-post-acute-sequelae-of-covid-19-long-covid-program/

Wander PL , Baraff A , Fox A , et al. Rates of ICD-10 Code U09.9 documentation and clinical characteristics of VA patients with post-COVID-19 condition. JAMA Netw Open, 2023; 6(12):e2346783.

Sokol Y , Silver C , Glatt S , et al. Long COVID coping and recovery (LCCR): Developing a novel recovery-oriented treatment for veterans with long COVID. Contemp Clin Trials Commun, 2023; 36:101217.

Al-Aly Z . Prevention of long COVID: Progress and challenges. Lancet Infect Dis, 2023; 23(7):776–777.