Thirty-six percent of physicians plan to retire or leave medical practice in the next 10 years, according to a survey conducted by Jackson Healthcare, a healthcare staffing company.
For the survey, 3,456 physicians were polled between March 7 and April 1, 2013.
The reasons cited for wanting to leave or retire, according to the survey, were:
- Feeling burned out — 60 percent cited this as one of the reasons.
- Not wanting to practice in an era of healthcare reform — 58 percent cited this as one of the reasons.
- Economic factors such as malpractice insurance, overhead, using EMRs, etc. — 50 percent cited this as one of the reasons.
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