Severity of burn-out among U.S. physicians 2017, by specialty

Published by Jenny Yang, Nov 5, 2024
This statistic shows the severity of burn-out for physicians in the United States, as of 2017, by specialty. It was found that urologists reported the highest levels of burn out, with an average of 4.6 on a scale of 1 to 7, where 1 equals "It does not interfere with my life" and 7 equals "It is so severe that I am thinking of leaving medicine altogether."

Severity of burn-out among U.S. physicians as of 2017, by specialty

CharacteristicBurnout scale of 1-7 (1 = lowest, 7 = highest)
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Statistic: Severity of burn-out among U.S. physicians as of 2017, by specialty

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Release date

January 2017

Region

United States

Survey time period

as of 2017

Number of respondents

around 14,000 physicians from 27 specialties

Method of interview

Email survey

Supplementary notes

* Physicians were asked to rate the severity of their burnout on a scale of 1-7, where 1 equals "It does not interfere with my life" and 7 equals "It is so severe that I am thinking of leaving medicine altogether."

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