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ArticleWorld neurosurgery2021

An Evaluation of Neurosurgical Practices During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic.

Panayiotis E Pelargos, Arpan R Chakraborty, Owoicho Adogwa, Karin Swartz, Yan D Zhao, Zachary A Smith, Ian F Dunn, Andrew M Bauer

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Article in World neurosurgery, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Panayiotis E PelargosDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.
Arpan R ChakrabortyDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.
Owoicho AdogwaDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Karin SwartzDepartment of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
Yan D ZhaoHudson College of Public Health, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.
Zachary A SmithDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.
Ian F DunnDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.
Andrew M BauerDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA. Electronic address: Andrew-Bauer@ouhsc.edu.

Funding

Tracking and Evaluation CoreU54GM104938 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HLTH SCIENCES CTR · PI Robert Hal Scofield · 2013 to 2026
$68.2M
NIGMS NIH HHS U54 GM104938
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveWe sought to understand how the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has affected the neurosurgical workforce.

methodsWe created a survey consisting of 22 questions to assess the respondent's operative experience, location, type of practice, subspecialty, changes in clinic and operative volumes, changes to staff, and changes to income since the pandemic began. The survey was distributed electronically to neurosurgeons throughout the United States and Puerto Rico.

resultsOf the 724 who opened the survey link, 457 completed the survey. The respondents were from throughout the United States and Puerto Rico and represented all practices types and subspecialties. Nearly all respondents reported hospital restrictions on elective surgeries. Most reported a decline in clinic and operative volume. Nearly 70% of respondents saw a decrease in the work hours of their ancillary providers, and almost one half (49.1%) of the respondents had had to downsize their practice staff, office assistants, nurses, schedulers, and other personnel. Overall, 43.6% of survey respondents had experienced a decline in income, and 27.4% expected a decline in income in the upcoming billing cycle. More senior neurosurgeons and those with a private practice, whether solo or as part of a group, were more likely to experience a decline in income as a result of the pandemic compared with their colleagues.

conclusionThe coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic will likely have a lasting effect on the practice of medicine. Our survey results have described the early effects on the neurosurgical workforce. Nearly all neurosurgeons experienced a significant decline in clinical volume, which led to many downstream effects. Ultimately, analysis of the effects of such a pervasive pandemic will allow the neurosurgical workforce to be better prepared for similar events in the future.

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COVID-19Health PersonnelHumansNeurosurgeonsNeurosurgical ProceduresPandemicsPersonal Protective EquipmentSurveys and QuestionnairesUnited StatesWorkforceCOVID-19NeurosurgeryNeurosurgery practicePandemicSurvey

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PMID33065352
PMCPMC7550862

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