17 Statistics on Anesthesiologist Burn Out

Here are 17 statistics related to anesthesiologists and work burn out, according to Medscape’s Physician Lifestyle Report 2013.

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Anesthesiologists that are burned out:
Emergency medicine — 52 percent
Critical care — 50 percent
Family medicine — 44 percent
Overall — 42 percent

Top causes of burnout reasons (1=not important, 7=extremely important):
Too many bureaucratic tasks — 5.3
Impact of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — 5
Too many hours at work — 4.8
Feeling like “a cog in the wheel” — 4.4
Lack of professional fulfillment — 4.1

Gender and burnout:
Women — 56 percent feel burnt out
Men — 42 percent feel burnt out

Anesthesiologist health rating (1=poor health, 7=extremely healthy):
Burnout — 5.8
No burnout — 5.4

Among anesthesiologists who identify politically as:
Fiscally conservative, 80 percent feel burnt out;
Socially liberal, 48 percent feel burnt out;
Socially conservative, 45 percent feel burnt out;
Fiscally liberal, 22 percent feel burnt out.

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