Table 1.
Characteristics of physician respondents, by presence of electronic health record
| Characteristics | Total sample N = 1792 n (%) | With EHR N = 1630 n (%) | Without EHR N = 162 n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age | |||
| 30–50 | 756 (42.5) | 691 (42.7) | 65 (40.1) |
| 51–64 | 695 (39.0) | 631 (39.0) | 64 (39.5) |
| 65–90 | 330 (18.5) | 297 (18.3) | 33 (20.4) |
| Female | 639 (35.7) | 594 (36.4) | 45 (27.8) |
| Practice setting | |||
| Office/outpatient | 1213 (67.7) | 1070 (65.6) | 143 (88.3) |
| Hospital/inpatient | 579 (32.3) | 560 (34.4) | 19 (11.7) |
| Practice size | |||
| 1–3 clinicians | 499 (27.8) | 375 (23.0) | 124 (76.5) |
| 4–9 clinicians | 509 (28.4) | 485 (29.8) | 24 (14.8) |
| 10–15 clinicians | 200 (11.2) | 197 (12.1) | 3 (1.9) |
| 16 or more clinicians | 578 (32.3) | 567 (34.8) | 11 (6.8) |
| Primary care physiciana | 526 (29.4) | 487 (29.9) | 39 (24.1) |
| Specialtyb | |||
| Emergency medicine | 82 (4.6) | 82 (5.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Family medicine | 151 (8.4) | 142 (8.7) | 9 (5.6) |
| Internal medicine | 297 (16.6) | 273 (16.7) | 24 (14.8) |
| Internal/family medicine and pediatric subspecialtyc | 266 (14.8) | 249 (15.3) | 17 (10.5) |
| Obstetrics and gynecology | 100 (5.6) | 94 (5.8) | 6 (3.7) |
| Pediatrics | 174 (9.7) | 160 (9.8) | 14 (8.6) |
| Psychiatry | 174 (9.7) | 146 (9.0) | 28 (17.3) |
| Surgery (general and subspecialty) | 196 (10.9) | 168 (10.3) | 28 (17.3) |
| Other/unknownd | 352 (19.6) | 316 (19.4) | 36 (22.2) |
| Degree type | |||
| MD | 1680 (93.8) | 1523 (93.4) | 157 (96.9) |
| DO | 112 (6.3) | 107 (6.6) | 5 (3.1) |
| Use of EHR | 1630 (91.0) | – | – |
| Burnout prevalence | |||
| 1. “I enjoy my work. I have no symptoms of burnout” | 504 (28.1) | 421 (25.8) | 83 (51.2) |
| 2. “I am under stress, and don’t always have as much energy as I did, but I don’t feel burned out” | 806 (45.0) | 751 (46.1) | 55 (34.0) |
| 3. “I am definitely burning out and have one or more symptoms of burnout, eg, emotional exhaustion” | 334 (18.6) | 321 (19.7) | 13 (8.0) |
| 4. “The symptoms of burnout I am experiencing won’t go away. I think about work frustrations a lot” | 109 (6.1) | 100 (6.1) | 9 (5.6) |
| 5. “I feel completely burned out. I am at the point where I may need to seek help” | 22 (1.2) | 22 (1.3) | 0 (0.0) |
| One or more symptoms of burnoute | 465 (25.9) | 443 (27.2) | 22 (13.6) |
EHR – electronic health record.
Column totals may not sum to total sample size due to missing responses.
aSurvey respondents who replied “yes” to the question: Do you provide primary care?.
bSurvey respondents were instructed to select their primary specialty from a list; specialties were then grouped into 9 categories.
cSurvey respondents were included in this category if they selected a medical subspecialty (eg, cardiology, endocrinology, gastroenterology).
dSurvey respondents were included in this category if they chose not to select a specialty or if their specialty was not among the other 8 categories (eg, pathology, radiology, dermatology).
eBurnout measure was dichotomized into “no symptoms of burnout” (≤2 on 5-point scale) and “one or more symptoms of burnout” (≥3 on 5-point scale).