Hazard pay for internal medicine resident physicians during the COVID-19 pandemic: A national survey of program directors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hazard pay for resident physicians has been controversial in the COVID-19 pandemic. Program director (PD) beliefs about hazard pay and the extent of provision to internal medicine (IM) residents are unknown.

Objective

To evaluate hazard pay provision to residents early in the COVID-19 pandemic and pandemic and residency program characteristics associated with hazard pay.

Design, setting, and participants

A nationally representative survey was conducted of 429 US/US territory-based IM PDs from August to December 2020.

Main outcome and measures

Hazard pay provision and PD beliefs about hazard pay were tested for association with factors related to the pandemic surge and program characteristics.

Results

Response rate was 61.5% (264/429); 19.5% of

SUBMITTER: Uthlaut B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9088350 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature