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45.2percent of physicians with at least one burnout symptom
In a survey of US physicians, 45.2 percent reported at least one symptom of burnout in 2023, down from 62.8 percent in 2021.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“Overall, 45.2% of physicians reported at least 1 symptom of burnout in 2023 compared with 62.8% in 2021”
Changes in Burnout and Satisfaction With Work-Life Integration in Physicians and the General US Working Population Between 2011 and 2023, Tait D. Shanafelt et al., Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 2025, Abstract, Results.
Open the original (DOI 10.1016/j.mayocp.2024.11.031)- What it measures
- The survey compared US physicians with the general working population across survey years from 2011 to 2023, using the paper's own burnout screen. The paper reports the figure for the whole profession, not for clinicians who use scribes.
- What it does not show
- Burnout here is a self-reported symptom screen, not a clinical diagnosis. The figure covers all specialties and settings, so it is a baseline for comparison, not a measure of any scribe's effect.