Spine Surgery and COVID-19: The Influence of Practice Type on Preparedness, Response, and Economic Impact Open Access (recommended)
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- Resource type(s)
- Article
- Keyword
- COVID-19
coronavirus
spine
surgeons
private practice
global impact
- Rights
- Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States
- Creator
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Weiner, Joseph Arnold
Swiatek, Peter Raymond
Johnson, Daniel James
Louie, Philip K.
Harada, Garrett K.
McCarthy, Michael H.
Germscheid, Niccole
Cheung, Jason P. Y.
Neva, Marko H.
El-Sharkawi, Mohammad
Valacco, Marcelo
Sciubba, Daniel M.
Chutkan, Norman B.
An, Howard S.
Samartzis, Dino
- Abstract
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Study Design: Cross-sectional observational cohort study. Objective: To investigate preparation, response, and economic impact of COVID-19 on private, public, academic, and privademic spine surgeons. Methods: AO Spine COVID-19 and Spine Surgeon Global Impact Survey includes domains on surgeon demographics, location of practice, type of practice, COVID-19 perceptions, institutional preparedness and response, personal and practice impact, and future perceptions. The survey was distributed by AO Spine via email to members (n = 3805). Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to identify differences between practice settings. Results: A total of 902 surgeons completed the survey. In all, 45.4% of respondents worked in an academic setting, 22.9% in privademics, 16.1% in private practice, and 15.6% in public hospitals. Academic practice setting was independently associated with performing elective and emergent spine surgeries at the time of survey distribution. A majority of surgeons reported a >75% decrease in case volume. Private practice and privademic surgeons reported losing income at a higher rate compared with academic or public surgeons. Practice setting was associated with personal protective equipment availability and economic issues as a source of stress. Conclusions: The current study indicates that practice setting affected both preparedness and response to COVID-19. Surgeons in private and privademic practices reported increased worry about the economic implications of the current crisis compared with surgeons in academic and public hospitals. COVID-19 decreased overall clinical productivity, revenue, and income. Government response to the current pandemic and preparation for future pandemics needs to be adaptable to surgeons in all practice settings.
- Original Bibliographic Citation
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Weiner JA, Swiatek PR, Johnson DJ, Louie PK, Harada GK, McCarthy MH, Germscheid N, Cheung JPY, Neva MH, El-Sharkawi M, Valacco M, Sciubba DM, Chutkan NB, An HS, Samartzis D. Spine Surgery and COVID-19: The Influence of Practice Type on Preparedness, Response, and Economic Impact. Global Spine Journal. 2022;12(2):249-262.
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- Publisher
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SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
- Date Created
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2020-08-07
- Original Identifier
- (PMID) 32762354
- Language
- English
- Subject: MESH
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COVID-19
Spine
Surgeons
Private Practice
Surveys and Questionnaires
- Acknowledgments
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The authors would especially like to thank Kaija Kurki-Suonio and Fernando Kijel from AO Spine (Davos, Switzerland) for their assistance with circulating the survey to AO Spine members.
- DOI
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10.1177/2192568220949183
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