Peer-reviewed research
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 · DOI 10.1016/j.mayocp.2024.11.031
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- What it is
- A survey study comparing burnout and work-life integration among US physicians with the general US working population from 2011 to 2023. It reports the share of physicians with at least one symptom of burnout in each survey year.
- How much weight it carries
- Peer-reviewed in a major clinical journal, with a very large physician sample. Burnout is a self-reported screen, not a clinical diagnosis, and the paper measures the whole profession, not clinics that use AI scribes.
Facts taken from this source
- 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.
“Overall, 45.2% of physicians reported at least 1 symptom of burnout in 2023 compared with 62.8% in 2021” (Abstract, Results)