On behalf of the California Health Care Foundation, Goodwin Simon Strategic Research conducted a California statewide online survey among doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and behavioral health specialists to assess their experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. This survey, conducted January 4 to 14, 2021, is the second in a three-part series of research assessing COVID-19-related impacts on health care providers. The results of this second wave study are compared to the first wave of the survey conducted in September 2020, to assess changing experiences among providers during the often-changing pandemic environment. The report also highlights differences among occupation types (doctors, behavioral health specialists, NP/PAs, and nurses), by the proportion of providers’ patients of color population and by safety-net providers (those with 30% or more of their patient population receiving Medicaid/Medi-Cal or who are uninsured) compared to non-safety-net providers. When reviewing this report, it is important to note that some of the demographic predictors may be collinear (e.g., safety-net providers are more likely to serve patients of color), and thus survey findings between these groups may be similar.
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