Table 3.

Prevalence of Burnout by Team Configuration and Practice and Physician Characteristics

ParameterFull Sample, % (N)Burnout, %P Value
Full sample100% (2575)41%
Team configuration
    MA/nurse only22% (565)38%
    MA/nurse + NP/PA or specialist40% (1040)43%
    MA/nurse + NP/PA and specialist38% (970)41%
Practice organization*
    Academic7% (189)34%
    Safety net9% (238)42%
    Hospital owned35% (895)45%
    Independently owned32% (823)40%
    Managed care/HMO6% (148)41%
    Other11% (282)38%
Practice size*
    Solo11% (285)35%
    Small (2–5)34% (863)45%
    Medium (6–20)32% (834)41%
    Large (>20)23% (593)40%
Social deprivation*
    High deprivation20% (517)35%
    Not high deprivation80% (2058)43%
Practice environment
    Satisfaction with practice*
    Satisfied82% (2102)35%
    Not satisfied18% (473)68%
Control over workload*
    Satisfactory68% (1758)30%
    Not satisfactory32% (817)67%
Value alignment*
    Aligned64% (1648)32%
    Not aligned36% (927)58%
Physician characteristics
    Age*
        Under 4012% (314)42%
        41–5037% (953)43%
        51–6034% (873)43%
    Over 6017% (435)33%
    Sex*
        Female46% (1177)45%
        Male54% (1398)38%
    Degree
        MD89% (2292)42%
        DO11% (283)37%
    Race
        White72% (1860)42%
        Black5% (141)40%
        Asian14% (364)38%
        Other8% (210)41%
    Ethnicity
        Hispanic7% (185)35%
        Non-Hispanic93% (2390)42%
  • * P < .05.

  • High deprivation if social deprivation index was ≥75.

  • MA, medical assistant; NP, nurse practitioner; PA, physician assistant; HMO, health maintenance organization.