Medscape: 10 Factors That Contribute Most to Physician Burnout

  1. Too many bureaucratic tasks: 55%
  2. Spending too many hours at work: 33%
  3. Lack of respect from administrators
  4. employers
  5. colleagues or staff: 32%
  6. Increasing computerization of practice (EHRs): 30%
  7. Insufficient compensation/reimbursement: 29%
  8. Lack of control/autonomy: 24%
  9. Feeling like a cog in a wheel: 22%
  10. Decreasing reimbursements: 19%
  11. Lack of respect from patients: 17%
  12. Government regulations: 16%
Notes: Results from a survey of over 15,000 physicians included in the report, "Medscape National Physician Burnout & Suicide Report 2020: The Generational Divide."

Source: Medscape, January 15, 2020 - https://www.medscape.com/slideshow/2020-lifestyle-infectious-disease-6012498#1

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