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Empirical Studies

Surviving COVID-19: patients’ experiences of care and path to recovery

Rakel Eklunda National Centre for Disaster Psychiatry, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden;b Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Lisa Hjelmforsc Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Division of Society and Health, Linköping University, Linköping, SwedenORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9931-9924View further author information
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Sophia Nyquistd Department of Addiction Medicine, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, SwedenView further author information
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Josefin Sveena National Centre for Disaster Psychiatry, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden;b Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden;e Department of Surgical Sciences, Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden;f Centre for Crisis Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen, NorwayORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5523-8126View further author information
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Michael Hultströme Department of Surgical Sciences, Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden;g Department of Medical Cell Biology, Integrative Physiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, SwedenORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4675-1099View further author information
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Miklos Lipcseye Department of Surgical Sciences, Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden;h Department of Surgical Sciences, Hedenstierna Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, SwedenORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1976-4129View further author information
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Robert Frithiofe Department of Surgical Sciences, Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Uppsala University, Uppsala, SwedenORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2278-7951View further author information
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Ewa Walline Department of Surgical Sciences, Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Uppsala University, Uppsala, SwedenORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2492-8666View further author information
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Ing-Marie Larssone Department of Surgical Sciences, Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Uppsala University, Uppsala, SwedenORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4640-6236View further author information
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Filip K. Arnberga National Centre for Disaster Psychiatry, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, SwedenORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1317-2093View further author information
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Lotti Orweliusi Department of Intensive Care, Linköping University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden;j Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, SwedenORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8641-8656View further author information
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Article: 2301953 | Received 12 Jun 2023, Accepted 02 Jan 2024, Published online: 07 Jan 2024

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