Robbins Shira L, Packwood Eric A, Siegel Lance M
Ratner Children's Eye Center of the Viterbi Family Department of Ophthalmology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California.
Pediatric Eye Specialists, Fort Worth, Texas.
J AAPOS. 2020 Aug;24(4):189-194. doi: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2020.06.002. Epub 2020 Jul 27.
In recent months, the COVID-19 pandemic has threatened the financial viability of pediatric ophthalmology practices. To measure the economic impact, the American Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (AAPOS) Socio-economic Committee surveyed current US members at the peak of the COVID shutdown, in April 2020. With a robust response rate, the survey portrays that some pediatric ophthalmology practices are ominously strained, if not irreparably harmed.
近几个月来，新冠疫情威胁到了小儿眼科诊所的财务生存能力。为衡量其经济影响，美国小儿眼科与斜视协会（AAPOS）社会经济委员会于2020年4月在新冠疫情封锁高峰期对美国现有会员进行了调查。该调查的回应率很高，显示出一些小儿眼科诊所即便没有受到无法弥补的损害，也面临着极为严峻的压力。
