Is Burnout Common Among Physicians?
31 Mar 2025 · 0 min

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Physician burnout has more than doubled in five years, rising from 38% in 2020 to over 63% today. Matthew Gillogly breaks down what's driving this dramatic shift in the medical profession.

Physician burnout has more than doubled in five years, rising from 38% in 2020 to over 63% today. Matthew Gillogly breaks down what's driving this dramatic shift in the medical profession.
What we know is that doctors have experienced a dramatic increase, a twofold increase in reported levels of burnout since 2000 or since 2020. Okay, so in 2020, the physicians reporting symptoms of burnout was 38%. Today, those numbers are in excess of 63%. So 63% of physicians are reporting symptoms of burnout.

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