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COVID-19 California Tracking Polls: March–September 2020

During the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, CHCF conducted two sets of tracking polls. The first looked at Californians' use of the health care system. The second focused on frontline health care workers and their assessment of the availability of ICU beds and personal protective equipment. It also looked at the financial impact on primary care physicians' practices.

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California COVID-19 Health Surveys: Data and Charts

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CHCF has commissioned ongoing surveys of the general public and of health care providers in California to understand changing use of the health care system during the coronavirus pandemic. These weekly surveys began the third week in March 2020, shortly after the statewide shelter-in-place orders were instituted in California, and continued through early September. The data files and charts from the survey findings are available for you to download.
CHCF Blog

COVID-19 Tracking Poll: One in Five Californians Knows Someone Who Died of COVID-19

September 3, 2020
Kristof Stremikis
Black and Latinx Californians are more likely than white Californians to know someone who has died of the new coronavirus.
CHCF Blog

COVID-19 Tracking Poll: Most Frontline Staff at California Nursing Homes See Infections at Work

July 17, 2020
Kristof Stremikis
Workforce
Rates are higher in facilities located in Los Angeles County and in those where most residents are Black or Latino.
CHCF Blog

COVID-19 Tracking Poll: More Than Three in Four Californians Are Worried About Contracting COVID-19

July 8, 2020
Kristof Stremikis
Telehealth
Nearly 8 in 10 Californians are concerned they or a family member will contract COVID-19 as statewide cases climb.
CHCF Blog

COVID-19 Tracking Poll: Many Say California Reopening Too Quickly, Worry Cases Will Increase

June 19, 2020
Kristof Stremikis
Telehealth
Forty-three percent of state residents think the rules are being relaxed too rapidly.
CHCF Blog

COVID-19 Tracking Poll: Most Californians Want Quarantine for People Exposed to Coronavirus

June 5, 2020
Kristof Stremikis
Telehealth
The overwhelming support cuts across all demographic lines.
CHCF Blog

COVID-19 Tracking Poll: Two Months into Crisis, Californians Have High Level of Trust in Health Officials

May 22, 2020
Kristof Stremikis
Health Care Costs, Telehealth
Nearly 7 in 10 Californians have confidence in the California Department of Public Health and in their county public health department.
CHCF Blog

COVID-19 Tracking Poll: One-Third of California Primary Care Doctors Worry Their Practices Won’t Survive

May 15, 2020
Kristof Stremikis
Workforce, Telehealth
Many physicians say their practices furloughed or laid off staff or cut physician pay while increasing telehealth visits with patients.
CHCF Blog

COVID-19 Tracking Poll: Most Californians Continue to Favor Staying Home Despite Economic Consequences

May 8, 2020
Kristof Stremikis
Health Care Costs, Telehealth
This week, 71% of Californians want to continue the statewide shelter-in-place order compared to 75% two weeks ago.
CHCF Blog

COVID-19 Tracking Poll: California Critical Care Doctors Report Increased Availability of Protective Gear, Tests

May 1, 2020
Kristof Stremikis
Workforce
Compared with two weeks ago, California frontline clinicians are now less worried about hospitals meeting staffing needs in the next month.
CHCF Blog

COVID-19 Tracking Poll: 75% of Californians Support Shelter in Place ‘As Long as Needed’

April 24, 2020
Kristof Stremikis
Health Care Costs, Telehealth
The share of Californians who were tested for COVID-19 and had recent telehealth visits continues to grow.
CHCF Blog

COVID-19 Tracking Poll: More Critical Care Doctors Report Sufficient Protective Gear and Tests

April 17, 2020
Kristof Stremikis
Workforce
California critical care physicians are less worried that they won’t have enough personal protective equipment and other necessary resources.
CHCF Blog

In COVID-19 Tracking Poll, Californians Report Worsening Mental Health, Cost Worries

April 10, 2020
Kristof Stremikis
Telehealth, Workforce
More than one in three Californians say they are worried about affording treatment for COVID-19, should they contract the illness.
CHCF Blog

COVID-19 Poll Tracks Californians’ Mental Health, Cost Concerns

April 3, 2020
Kristof Stremikis
Telehealth, Workforce
One in five Californians says their mental health has “gotten a little worse” in the last week.
CHCF Blog

COVID-19 California Physician Survey: Do Critical Care Doctors Have What They Need?

April 2, 2020
Kristof Stremikis
Telehealth, Workforce
CHCF is surveying critical care physicians in California about the availability of COVID-19 testing, personal protective equipment, ICU beds, and ventilators.
CHCF Blog

COVID-19 Survey Shows Californians’ Access to Care and Desire for Testing

March 27, 2020
Kristof Stremikis
Telehealth, Workforce
CHCF is regularly surveying Californians to assess their desire for COVID-19 testing and their access to health care services.