The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Physicians' Working Hours and Earnings in Sao Paulo and Maranhao States, Brazil.

ABSTRACT: Evidence exists on the health impacts of the current COVID-19 pandemic on health workers, but less is known about its impact on their work dynamics and livelihoods. This matters, as health workers-and physicians in particular-are a scarce and expensive resource in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Our cross-sectional survey set out to explore changes in working hours and earnings during the second year of the pandemic in a representative sample of 1183 physicians in Brazil's São Paulo (SP) and Maranhão (MA) states. Descriptive analysis and inferential statistics were employed to explore differences in working hours and earnings among public and private sector physicians across the two locations. The workloads and earnings of doctors working exclusively in the public sector increase

SUBMITTER: de Oliveira BLCA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9408582 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature