Australians are more concerned about the economic consequences of the global coronavirus outbreak than their own personal health, new research has revealed, however two-thirds are increasingly worried about the availability of health services.

The global pandemic, which this week has forced the federal government into drastic measures to slow the spread of the virus, threatens to plunge the nation into its first recession in almost three decades.

More than 77 per cent of respondents in a new national survey by Newgate Research were either "extremely" or "quite" concerned about the overall economic impact, revealing deep pessimism at the ongoing prospect of the impacts from the coronavirus pandemic.

The online tracking study of more than 1000 Australians, taken between Wednesday and Saturday last week, found older Australians, women, those living in metropolitan NSW and Victoria and middle-income earners are among the groups most concerned.