Project: Post-acute health consequences of COVID-19 (Post-COVID-19)

The project ‘Post-acute health consequences of COVID-19’ (Post-COVID-19) has the following objectives:

1) Expansion of public health research on post-COVID-19 at the RKI with analyses of statutory health insurance (SHI) data in cooperation with health insurance funds and scientific institutes for health services research within the framework of the research initiative ‘Post-COVID-19 Monitoring in Routine Health Insurance Data’ (POINTED), under the coordination of the Center for Evidence-based Health Care (ZEGV) at the University Hospital of Dresden and the Robert Koch Institute (RKI).

2) Expansion of scientific communication on post-COVID-19 at the RKI for research and health care. In this context, the Institute of General Medicine of the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, together with the RKI and the Clinic and Polyclinic of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine of the Carl Gustav Carus University Hospital, Dresden, is conducting a survey on the information needs of general practitioners and outpatient paediatricians in the context of care for people with long-term health consequences of a SARS-CoV-2 infection. In addition, there is close cooperation with the Federal Centre for Health Education (BZgA) and the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG).

3) Expansion of cooperation between the RKI and partners in research and practice at the national and international level, in particular the scientific medical societies, professional associations, networks of practising physicians as well as the public health sector. In addition, an exchange with representatives of nationwide patient initiatives is sought in order to also take into account the perspective of those affected.

Project funding: Federal Ministry of Health
Funding number: ZMI1-2521NIK705
Duration: 01.12.2021 – 31.12.2023

Project leader: Christa Scheidt-Nave
Project coordination: Maria Silva de Almeida

Subproject 1: ‘Post-COVID-19 Monitoring in Routine Health Insurance Data’ (POINTED)

This subproject examines possible long-term health consequences of a SARS-CoV-2 infection through the evaluation of routine data from the statutory health insurance funds (GKV).

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Subproject 2: Survey of general practitioners and outpatient paediatricians

Through this nation-wide online survey, information about the experiences of general practitioners and outpatient paediatricians in treating long COVID will be collected and analysed.

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