Financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on an academic otolaryngology department.

Q2 Medicine

World Journal of OtorhinolaryngologyHead and Neck Surgery Pub Date : 2022-07-21 DOI:10.1002/wjo2.51

Christina M Yver, Tiffany N Chao, Erica R Thaler, Michael J Ruckenstein, Ara A Chalian, Gregory S Weinstein, Bert W O'Malley, Steven B Cannady

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Abstract

Objective: To quantify the financial impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic on an academic otolaryngology department.

Methods: A year-over-year comparison was used to compare department revenue from April 2020 and April 2021 as a percentage of baseline April 2019 activity.

Results: At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in April 2020, total department charges decreased by 83.4%, of which outpatient clinic charges were affected to the greatest extent. One year into pandemic recovery, department charges remained down 6.7% from baseline, and outpatient clinic charges remained down 9.9%. The reduction in outpatient clinic charges was mostly driven by a decrease in in-office procedure charges.

Conclusion: Given that precautions to mitigate the risk of viral transmission in the health care setting are likely to be long-lived, it is important to consider the vulnerabilities of our specialty to mitigate financial losses going forward.

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COVID-19 大流行对耳鼻喉科学术部门的财务影响。

目的量化冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行对耳鼻喉科学术部门的财务影响：方法：采用逐年比较的方法，比较 2020 年 4 月和 2021 年 4 月的科室收入占 2019 年 4 月基线活动的百分比：结果：在 2020 年 4 月 COVID-19 大流行开始时，科室总收入减少了 83.4%，其中门诊收入受到的影响最大。大流行恢复一年后，科室收费仍比基线下降 6.7%，门诊收费仍下降 9.9%。门诊收费下降的主要原因是诊室手术收费的下降：鉴于在医疗环境中降低病毒传播风险的预防措施可能会长期存在，因此必须考虑本专业的薄弱环节，以减少未来的经济损失。

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World Journal of OtorhinolaryngologyHead and Neck Surgery Medicine-Otorhinolaryngology

CiteScore

4.10

自引率

0.00%

发文量

283

审稿时长

13 weeks