Mortality Among US Physicians and Other Health Care Workers
The results of this cross-sectional study suggest that although physicians and most health care workers experienced lower mortality rates compared with the general population, this benefit did not fully extend to female individuals or racial and ethnic minority groups. Renewed efforts are needed to address health inequities within the health care workforce.
Authors
- Fatima Cody Stanford (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4616-533X)
- Ishani Ganguli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3793-0995)
- Christopher M. Worsham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1611-6871)
- Vishal R. Patel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6447-7412)
- Anupam Bapu Jena (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9734-5122)
- Michael Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2724-8797)
Institutions
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- National Bureau of Economic Research (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Internal Medicine
- Published
- 2025-02-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.8432
- Citations
- 10
- Primary Topic
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 28.15