Changes in Physician Work Hours and Implications for Workforce Capacity and Work-Life Balance, 2001-2021.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Physician work hours are an underexplored facet of the physician workforce that can inform policy for the rapidly changing health care labor market.

Objective

To examine trends in individual physician work hours and their contribution to clinical workforce changes over a 20-year period.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study focused on active US physicians between January 2001 and December 2021 who were included in the Current Population Survey. Outcomes for physicians, advanced practice professionals (APPs), and nonphysician holders of doctoral degrees were compared, and generalized linear models were used to estimate differences in time trends for weekly work hours across subgroups.

Main outcomes and measures

Physician and APP

SUBMITTER: Goldman AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9857188 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature