So the doctor is burned out: What does it mean for patient care?

Abstract

The current state of physician burnout has become an increasingly popular topic of discussion and concern. Depending on how it is defined and measured by researchers, the prevalence of physician burnout ranges anywhere from 0 to 80%.¹ Emergency medicine is often cited as the specialty with some of the highest reported levels of physician burnout.² Regardless of what the "true" prevalence of physician burnout may be, most of these studies suggest the presence of a crisis. The detrimental impact of burnout on physicians is certainly of interest to physicians. What is missing from these discussions is the impact of burnout on patients, their families, and objective clinical outcomes.

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