I find the annual surveys on physician compensation, lifestyle/happiness and burnout/depression, published by Medscape, to be informative. In the following paragraphs, I will share some of these findings and my perspective.
The Medscape findings are reliable, with a 98% validity. The interested reader can review them in detail online. Across all specialties, the four key things that make physicians unhappy are insufficient reimbursement and take-home pay; too heavy a workload; too many rules, regulations and insurance challenges; and the daily pain of electronic health records.
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