New data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Household Component support prior findings that about 7% of US adults have had post–COVID-19 condition, also known as long COVID. The household survey of the US civilian noninstitutionalized population, sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, found that an estimated 6.9% of adults—17.8 million—had ever had long COVID as of early 2023.
This nationally representative survey included a sample of 17 418 adults aged 18 years or older, which corresponds to 259 million adults. A total of 8275 adults reported having had COVID-19, of which 1202 adults reported having had long COVID symptoms.