Primary care physicians in 10 developed countries say their burnout is severe and could compromise the quality of care they provide patients, a new survey found. MedTwitter
Primary care physicians in 10 developed countries say their burnout is severe and could compromise the quality of care they provide patients, a new survey found. But the findings hold a sliver of good news for clinicians in the United States: Burnout here may not be as bad as it is for their colleagues in many other nations.
David Blumenthal, MD, president of the Commonwealth Fund, said the rates of clinician burnout point to a crisis among primary care clinicians that is global in proportions."If our frontline doctors, both here in the US and around the world, are overstressed and don't feel like they're doing their best work, that should raise serious concerns for us all," Blumenthal said in a statement about the findings.
The new survey queried more than 9500 primary care physicians. Final country samples ranged from 321 to 2092 respondents. Clinicians were asked about their workload, levels of stress and burnout, their career plans, and the quality of care they feel they've delivered since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.New Zealand had the highest rate of burnout in the survey, with 57% of younger physicians and 40% of older physicians reporting the condition.
The new survey found that stress and burnout appear to be affecting older and younger physicians unequally.
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