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Spine Surgery and COVID-19: The Influence of Practice Type on Preparedness, Response, and Economic Impact Open Access (recommended)

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Article

Keyword

COVID-19
coronavirus
spine
surgeons
private practice
global impact

Rights

Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States

Creator

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

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

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.

Related URL

 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2192568220949183

Publisher

SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD

Date Created

2020-08-07

Original Identifier

(PMID) 32762354

Language

English

Subject: MESH

COVID-19
Spine
Surgeons
Private Practice
Surveys and Questionnaires

Acknowledgments

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

10.1177/2192568220949183

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