Top causes of burnout: Scale of one (not at all important) to seven (extremely important)
• Too many bureaucratic tasks: 4.92
• Too many hours spent at work: 4.25
• Impact of the Affordable Care Act: 4.12
• Increasing computerization of practice: 3.94
• Income not high enough: 3.7
• Too many difficult patients: 3.61
• Feeling like a cog in the wheel: 3.57
• Too many patients in one day: 3.47
• Inability to provide patients with quality care: 3.4
• Lack of professional fulfillment: 3.21
• Inability to keep up with current research: 3.15
• Difficult colleagues or staff: 3.01
• Compassion fatigue: 2.8
• Difficult employer: 2.76
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