Increase in Chronic Medications and Polypharmacy-The Multifaceted Burden of COVID-19 Disease on Public Health Care.

The long-term impact of COVID-19 disease is becoming a major global concern. In this retrospective monocentric analysis, we included consecutive subjects admitted to our COVID-19 Post-Acute Care Service for a SARS-CoV-2 infection that occurred between three and twelve months before. A home medication list relative to the period before SARS-CoV-2 infection (baseline) was recorded and compared with that one relative to the time of outpatient visit (follow-up).