Medical Economics March 20, 2020
A majority of physicians are concerned they or their patients being affected by the COVID-19 coronavirus, according to a new survey from Toluna.
The survey looks at responses from 530 physicians from February 28 to March 5. Of those respondents, 25 percent were primary care providers and the other 75 percent were specialists.
It found that 96 percent of physician respondents were some level of concerned that the virus, which is currently sweeping the globe, will affect them or their patients directly. Only 9 percent were extremely concerned, but the most common response was that the physicians were very concerned with 33 percent.
A further 59 percent of the physician respondents also believe that the media is overplaying the implications...
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