Employed physicians are dissatisfied and angrier than their independent counterparts, according to a survey from analytics company Geneia, Healthcare Finance News reports.
Geneia surveyed 300 full-time physicians who have been practicing for more than four years post-residency.
Here's what you should know:
1. Sixty percent of all physicians said they think about their work negatively.
2. Sixty-nine percent of hospital-employed physicians said they talked about work negatively, compared to 51 percent of independently-employed physicians.
3. Seventy-two percent of hospital-employed physicians said burnout caused them to feel less empathy for patients, compared to 57 percent of independent physicians.