- Physician burnout remained high across regions, reaching up to 45% in Europe and 34% in the US, with substantial rates of job dissatisfaction and poor work-life balance.
- Intent to leave within 1 year was common—reported by nearly one in three European physicians and almost one in four US physicians.
- Modifiable hospital factors, including nurse staffing adequacy, supportive clinical care environments, and strong interdisciplinary teamwork, were consistently associated with lower burnout and turnover intent.
- Modeled improvements suggested that raising staffing adequacy to the 90th percentile could significantly reduce intent to leave, including by an estimated 11.2 percentage points in Ireland and 4.3 percentage points in the US.
- Wide variability in staffing, teamwork, and clinical care environments across hospitals highlighted organizational opportunities to improve clinician well-being, despite limitations related to study design and differing data collection periods.
Source: JAMA Network Open
