Query purpose:
To assist state, local, tribal, territorial, and federal public health practitioners in trend monitoring for long COVID (also commonly described as Post-COVID Complications (PCC) or long-haul COVID) related visits in the emergency department (ED) setting using syndromic surveillance data.
How it was developed:
Subject matter experts from seven jurisdictions (WA; VA; Harris County, TX; Pierce-Tacoma County, WA; NE; KS; KY) created and validated the definition using ED visit data from January – December 2023.