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cord-329704-vnazexhj	Pelargos, Panayiotis E.	An Evaluation of Neurosurgical Practices During the COVID-19 Pandemic	2020-10-13		.txt	text/plain	3430	204	61	Methods A survey consisting of twenty-two questions assessing respondent's operative experience, location, type of practice, subspecialty, changes in clinic and operative volumes, changes to staff, and changes to income since the pandemic began was distributed electronically to neurosurgeons throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. More senior neurosurgeons and those with a private practice, whether solo or as part of a group, were more likely to experience a decline in income as a result of the pandemic as compared to their colleagues. Neurosurgeons in practice less than 20 163 years were significantly more likely to be willing to provide non-neurosurgical care to COVID-164 19 patients than those in practice greater than 20 years (73.1% vs. Overall, nearly three-fourths of neurosurgeons experienced greater than 50% decline in 216 outpatient clinic volume with just over 5% of respondents closing their outpatient clinics during 217 the pandemic.	./cache/cord-329704-vnazexhj.txt	./txt/cord-329704-vnazexhj.txt