Physician burnout costs $ 4.6 billion a year, study finds

Direct spending on physician burnout cost the United States more than $ 4 billion a year, according to a study published in the United States. Annals of Internal Medicine.

For this study, researchers used mathematical modeling to analyze the direct costs associated with turnover of medical staff or reducing the number of clinical hours associated with burnout. The researchers estimated model inputs using recent data from other studies and industry reports.

They found that the United States spends an average of $ 4.6 billion a year on the costs of physician burnout. For health care organizations, burnout was associated with $ 7,600 in costs per physician employed each year.

"In conjunction with previous evidence that burnout can actually be reduced with moderate investments, these findings suggest a substantial economic value for the political and organizational spending of physician burnout programs," he said. concluded researchers.

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