Table 4.
Impact of coronavirus disease on financial burden (n=178)
| Variables | Frequency (%) |
|---|---|
| Financial burden increased (yes) | 153 (86.0) |
| If increased how much (%) | |
| 1-25 | 69 (38.9) |
| 26-50 | 65 (36.5) |
| 51-75 | 15 (8.4) |
| 76-100 | 4 (2.2) |
| Afraid to infect with COVID | 134 (75.3) |
| Feeling anxiety to losing the income | 80 (44.9) |
| Reported decreased in income (%) | |
| ≤20 | 12 (6.7) |
| 21-60 | 69 (38.8) |
| >60 | 20 (11.2) |
| Income either unchanged or increased | 77 (43.3) |
| Doctors on salary | 99 (56.7) |
| Reported reduction in salary | 29 (16.3) |
| Self-employed doctors | 79 (43.2) |
| Self-employed doctors reported loss of income | 72 (40.4) |
COVID: Coronavirus disease