Effect of Long COVID on Work Performance and Annual Monetary Loss Among Infected Health Care Workers at a Tertiary

Say Hiang Lim1, Yin Cheng Lim, Rafdzah Ahmad Zaki

  • 1From the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia (S.H.L., Y.C.L., R.A.Z., M.D.); Centre for Epidemiology and Evidence-Based Practice, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Y.C.L., R.A.Z.); Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (B.M.J., S.F.S.O., A.K.); Centre of Excellent for Research in AIDS (CERIA), Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (B.M.J., C.Y.C., S.F.S.O., A.K.); Department of Research Development and Innovation, University Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (A.A., M.D.); Community Health Unit, Department of Primary Care Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, Nilai, Malaysia (USIM) (A.A.); Faculty of Medicine, University Taylor's Malaysia, Subang Jaya, Malaysia (M.D.); Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia (M.D.); and Monash University, Subang Jaya Malaysia (A.K.).

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