Physician burnout persisting above pre-pandemic levels
Gist Healthcare February 23, 2024
In this week’s graphic, we highlight new data from the 2024 Medscape Physician Burnout & Depression Reporton the sustained high rates of physician burnout. In 2023, nearly half of physicians reported feeling burned out, and a fifth reported feeling depressed. Although this does represent a drop from 2022’s peak, physicians remain more distressed than they were before the pandemic. These numbers reveal some of the toll that the continued labor shortages, financial challenges, and payment changes of the past few years have taken on providers. In response to feeling burned out, an increased...