Medical Economics (4/9, Payerchin ) reports a study suggests that “workplace burnout is getting better over time for American physicians, but they still experience it more than other workers.” Researchers examined burnout levels in 2023 and “found 45.2% of all doctors reported at least one symptom of workplace burnout. That was lower than the 62.8% rate of 2021, and roughly comparable to rates found in similar surveys for 2020, 2017, 2014 and 2011.” They also observed that, “compared with 2021, mean scores for emotional exhaustion dropped 20.3% and mean scores for depersonalization dropped 29.6%.” Overall, 42.2% of physicians said they “were satisfied with their work-life integration,” up from 30.3% in 2021 but down from 48.5% in 2011. The study was published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings.
Related Links:
— “Physician burnout getting better, but still a major problem in U.S. health care,”Richard Payerchin, Medical Economics, April 9, 2025