Health
Reuters staff
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German Covid-19 patients who have left hospitals have an average of 50% higher medical costs than before they were admitted, with figures from a major insurer showing that even those who have recovered are struggling to recover. .
A study of DKV, Germany’s second largest health insurer
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As seen by Reuters on Sunday, it looked at data from 5,735 COVID-19 patients, of whom 605 were hospitalized and 49 died.
“Our assessment shows: patients who are no longer healthy are no longer infected,” DKV chief executive Clemens Mooth told Reuters. “Corona will continue to burden us in the medium term.”
Coronavirus has been shown to be particularly dangerous for people with heart disease, high blood pressure or respiratory diseases, the study found.
However, 15% of patients without a previous condition – who had not submitted a bill for at least two years – also had to seek treatment in hospitals.
