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Physician burnout is slowly improving, but still remains stubbornly high, Medscape report finds

By The DO Staff

02.27.25

Roughly 47% of doctors recently surveyed by Medscape said they were experiencing burnout. This is lower than the 49% Medscape reported in a survey last year, but still higher than the 44% reported in 2019 before the pandemic. The current burnout rate of 47% means the health care system still has a lot of work to do to properly support its physicians, says Vania Manipod, DO, a psychiatrist and The DO’s Editor in Chief.

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