While physicians who work long hours are among those with the highest incomes, working more than 51 hours a week corresponds to a spike in burnout, Medscape reports.
Medscape surveyed 15,069 U.S. physicians across 29-plus specialties to compile its National Physician Burnout, Depression & Suicide Report 2019.
Physicians more likely to work over 51 hours per week:
1. General surgery: 77 percent
2. Urology: 76 percent
3. Cardiology: 72 percent
4. Pulmonary medicine: 68 percent
5. Nephrology: 68 percent
6. Critical care: 65 percent
7. Oncology: 64 percent
8. Gastroenterology: 63 percent
9. Orthopedics: 62 percent
10. Infectious diseases: 62 percent
11. OB-GYN: 60 percent
12. Neurology: 56 percent
13. Anesthesiology: 54 percent
14. Rheumatology: 50 percent
15. Plastic surgery: 49 percent
16. Radiology: 45 percent
17. Internal medicine: 44 percent
18. ENT: 42 percent
19. Physical medicine and rehabilitation: 40 percent
20. Family medicine: 36 percent
21. Diabetes and endocrinology: 35 percent
22. Pathology: 35 percent
23. Ophthalmology: 33 percent
24. Psychiatry: 29 percent
25. Pediatrics: 28 percent
26. Public health and preventive medicine: 25 percent
27. Allergy and immunology: 25 percent
28. Dermatology: 24 percent
29. Emergency medicine: 13 percent
How work hours per week correlate with burnout:
30. 31-40: 36 percent
31. 41-50: 40 percent
32. 51-60: 48 percent
33. 61-70: 50 percent
34. 71 or more: 57 percent