Frontline RI Primary Care Provider Survey Results: Impact of COVID-19
The Larry A. Green Center, in partnership with the Primary Care Collaborative (PCC), has been conducting a weekly, 3-minute clinician survey since mid-March to better understand the response and capacity of US primary care practices to COVID-19. CTC-RI has been promoting this effort since mid-April by distributing the weekly surveys every Friday to more than 800 CTC-RI primary care contacts and encouraging participation by providers.
Outlined below are some key Rhode Island takeaways from the June 12-15 data collection period:
- Strain on practices continues to decline (45% compared to 63% last week).
- Despite this trend, RI Providers provided the following comments regarding closing practices:
- "Feels like a suicide mission. I quit."
- "Leaving practice. Very sad."
- RI providers psychological well-being has somewhat suffered because of work.
- Patients mostly responded well to changes in the office, such as wearing masks.
- Resources were mostly available to help with COVID-19 related job stress.
- COVID-19 stresses experienced in the last 4 weeks:
- Non-face-to-face volume at all-time high (60%)
- Need to layoff/furlough clinicians/staff (50%)
- Face-to-face patient volume lower by 30% (50%)
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