[Abstract Only] Study: Estimating the Attributable Cost of Physician Burnout

Estimating the Attributable Cost of Physician Burnout in the United States – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Physician burnout costs the US health care system approximately $4.6 billion a year – American College of Physicians (free) AND Doctors are burning out twice as fast as other workers. The problem’s costing the US $4.6 billion each year. – Business Insider (free) AND Physician Burnout Costs the U.S. Billions of Dollars Each Year – TIME (free)

Related: Physician Burnout Costs up to $17B a Year, Task Force Says (articles and commentaries on the subject)

Related Commentary on Twitter

The economics of doctor burnout: ~$5B/year, and that isn't even factoring in the cost of the doubling of medical errors https://t.co/fqn0LenWzl @AnnalsofIM pic.twitter.com/ZLNOhvYB1h

— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) May 27, 2019