Source page: McKinsey & Company
Commentary
Pediatricians are burning out
Mental health | Jobs | Healthcare
December 20, 2022 – The COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect medical workers on every level, say senior partners Sarah Calkins Holloway and Ed Levine and coauthors. More than 60 percent of pediatricians in our recent survey reported experiencing at least one dimension of burnout. According to one academic study on pediatric residents, doctors suffering from burnout were seven times more likely to make treatment errors and ten times more likely to ignore the social or personal impact of a child’s illness.
To read the article, see “Improving pediatrician well-being and career satisfaction,” September 15, 2022.
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Survey bar chart.
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The chart is laid out as a direct comparison of burnout dimensions and prevalence, with the main bars or segments centered on the page and the note beneath. Reader moves across the burnout categories to see how widespread the problem is.
What is being compared
It compares the prevalence of burnout among pediatricians, especially the share experiencing at least one dimension of burnout and the risks attached to that condition.
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The chart uses percentages from survey results and related research findings, so the reader is tracking the share of physicians affected rather than raw counts.
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The main internal pieces are the survey categories and their corresponding bars or labeled shares. The structure is built to make the prevalence of burnout visible first and then tie that prevalence to downstream clinical risk.
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The page makes pediatrician burnout look widespread rather than marginal. The chart is designed to show that the problem is already large enough to affect care quality and cannot be dismissed as a narrow well-being issue.
Key standout values or extremes
The headline number is that 61 percent of physicians in children’s hospitals are experiencing at least one dimension of burnout. The source framing also notes that pediatric residents suffering burnout were seven times more likely to make treatment errors.
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