Physicians challenges of the job U.S. 2022

This statistic shows the percentage of surveyed physicians in the U.S. who said the following were the most challenges aspects of their job, as of 2022. It was found that 23 percent of physicians stated having so many rules and regulations was the most challenging part of their job.

Percentage of physicians in the U.S. who stated the following were the most challenging parts of their job as of 2022

Characteristic	Percentage of physicians
Having so many rules and regulations	23%
Having to work long hours	15%
Dealing with difficult patients	15%
Having to work with an EHR system	12%
Difficulties getting fair reimbursement	12%
Other	10%
Worrying about being sued	7%
Nothing	3%
Danger/risk associated with treating COVID-19 patients	3%

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Release date

April 2022

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2022

Number of respondents

over 13,000

Special properties

physicians from 29+ specialties

Method of interview

Email survey

Supplementary notes

* Medscape member physicians currently practicing in the U.S. who participated in the online survey. Compensation is modeled and estimated based on a range of variables, including specialty, age, gender, geographic location, survey year, across 6 years of survey data. The data is also weighted to the distribution of physicians within the AMA database.

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