On behalf of the California Health Care Foundation, Goodwin Simon Strategic Research conducted a California statewide online survey among doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners and physician assistants (NP/PAs), and behavioral health specialists to assess their experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. This survey, conducted March 26 through April 8, 2021, is the third in a three-part series of research assessing COVID-19-related impacts on health care providers. The results of this third-wave study are compared to the first wave conducted in September 2020 and the second wave conducted in January 2021 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’ patient-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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