ArticleWorld neurosurgery2020
Economic Impact of COVID-19 on a High-Volume Academic Neurosurgical Practice.
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- Comparison of emergency department workloads before and during the COVID-19 pandemic as assessed using relative value units.Clinical and experimental emergency medicine · 2022Article
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- The impact of SARS-CoV-2 measures on patient samples and complication rates in spine surgery - A single center analysis.Frontiers in surgery · 2022Article
- Impact of COVID-19 on Neurosurgery in Brazil's Health System: The Reality of a Developing Country Affected by the Pandemic.World neurosurgery · 2021Article
- Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Operative Volume and Residency Training at Two Academic Neurosurgery Centers in New Orleans.World neurosurgery · 2021Article
- Letter to Editor Regarding: "Economic Impact of COVID-19 on a High-Volume Academic Neurosurgical Practice".World neurosurgery · 2021Article
- COVID-19 and Changes in Neurosurgical Workload in the United Kingdom.World neurosurgery · 2021Article
- Letter to the Editor Regarding "Impact of COVID-19 on Neurosurgical Training in Southeast Asia".World neurosurgery · 2021Article
- Letter to the Editor Regarding "Early Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic on Neurosurgical Training in the United States: A Case Volume Analysis of 8 Programs".World neurosurgery · 2021Article
- Letter to the Editor Regarding "'Staying Home'-Early Changes in Patterns of Neurotrauma in New York City During the COVID-19 Pandemic".World neurosurgery · 2021Article
- Letter to the Editor Regarding "Early Changes to Neurosurgery Resident Training During the COVID-19 Pandemic at a Large United States Academic Medical Center".World neurosurgery · 2021Article
- Letter to the Editor Regarding "Neurosurgery Services in Dr. Sardjito General Hospital, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Experience from a Developing Country".World neurosurgery · 2021Article
- Unequal Impact of COVID-19 on Private and Academic Neurosurgical Workforce: Results of an International Survey.Frontiers in surgery · 2021Article
- Getting Neurosurgery Services Back on Its Feet: "Learning to Live" with COVID-19.Asian journal of neurosurgeryArticle
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Abstract
backgroundCoronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) is a novel disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) that rapidly spread around the globe. The dramatic increase in the number of cases and deaths have placed tremendous strain on health care systems worldwide. As health care workers and society adjust to focus treatment and prevention of COVID-19, other facets of the health care enterprise are affected, particularly surgical volume and revenue. The purpose of this study was to describe the financial impact of COVID-19 on an academic neurosurgery department.
methodsA retrospective review of weekly average daily work relative value units (wRVUs) were compared before and after COVID-19 in the fiscal year 2020. A comparative time period of the same months in the year prior was also included for review. We also review strategies for triaging neurosurgical disease as needing emergent, urgent, or routine operative treatment.
resultsDaily average wRVU after COVID-19 dropped significantly with losses in all weeks examined. Of the 7 weeks in the current post-COVID period, the weekly daily average wRVU was 173 (range, 128-363). The mean decline was 51.4% compared with the pre-COVID era. Both inpatient and outpatient revenue was affected.
conclusionsCOVID-19 had a profound detrimental effect on surgical productivity and revenue generation.
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