Table 2.

Impact of COVID-19 on practice volume, compensation, and staff.

	Survey Participants (n = 77)
Elective Surgeries Suspended
Yes	77 (100 %)
No	0 (0 %)
Urgent Procedures Continued (n = 75)
Yes	67 (89.3 %)
No	8 (10.7 %)
Reassignment Outside Routine Practice
None	48 (62.3 %)
General Surgery Call	20 (26.0 %)
Ancillary Service for COVID patients	11 (14.3 %)
Trauma Surgery Call	5 (6.5 %)
Medicine/Pulmonary Service	5 (6.5 %)
Critical Care Unit	3 (3.9 %)
Other	2 (2.6 %)
Median backlog of operations (IQR)	30 (15–50)
Strategies to Schedule Backlog
Normal Block Time	60 (90.9 %)
Extended Hours	19 (28.8 %)
Additional Facility	7 (10.6 %)
Weekends	5 (7.6 %)
Other	4 (6.1 %)
Impact on Compensation
Yes	54 (70.1 %)
No	23 (29.9 %)
How Compensation Impacted (n = 54)
Volume-based revenue	32 (59.3 %)
Base Salary	19 (35.2 %)
Academic Funds	18 (33.3 %)
Retirement Benefits/Contributions	16 (29.6 %)
Research Funds	4 (7.4 %)
Other	3 (5.6 %)
Percent income decline (n = 45)
0–25 %	33 (73.3 %)
26–50 %	8 (17.8 %)
51–75 %	4 (8.9 %)
76–100 %	0 (0.0 %)
Volume of Practice Changed (n = 71)
Yes	53 (74.6 %)
No	18 (25.4 %)
Reasons for volume change (n = 53)
Patient preference to delay care	41 (77.4 %)
Fewer referrals	36 (67.9 %)
Greater use of telemedicine	29 (54.7 %)
Fewer patients scheduled for social distancing	25 (47.2 %)
Outsourcing of office procedures	3 (5.7 %)
Increased volume	5 (9.4 %)
Other	3 (5.7 %)
Change in on-site administrative staff
Yes	67 (87.0 %)
No	10 (13.0 %)
How did administrative staff change
Staff were furloughed/laid off	27 (40.3 %)
Work entirely remotely	27 (40.3 %)
Part time remote	45 (67.2 %)
Work with Research staff
Yes	31 (40.3 %)
No	46 (59.7 %)
Change in presence of Research staff (n = 31)
Yes	26 (83.9 %)
No	5 (16.1 %)
How did research staff change (n = 26)
Staff were furloughed/laid off	5 (19.2 %)
Work entirely remotely	13 (50 %)
Part time remote	15 (57.7 %)