HOW DO ACADEMIC hospitalists compare to their nonacademic counterparts?
According to data from the 2023 Today’s Hospitalist Compensation & Career Survey, academic hospitalists work slightly fewer hours and have fewer patient encounters, and they make less money. But they’re also a tad less concerned about burnout, with more of them claiming that burnout is insignificant in their careers.
Here’s a look at what academic hospitalists told us about themselves in our latest survey.
Compensation
Overall
Academic: $295,326
Nonacademic: $341,741
Pay from bonuses/incentives
Academic:$35,651
Nonacademic: $40,670
Schedules
Seven-on/seven-off
Academic: 47.1%
Nonacademic: 57.4%
Other daytime shift
Academic: 41.2%
Nonacademic:33.9%
Work hours
Shift length
Academic:10.8 hours
Nonacademic: 11.4 hours
Shifts per month
Academic: 14.9
Nonacademic: 15.2
Weekend shifts per month
Academic:3.4
Nonacademic: 3.7
Patient volume
Encounters per shift
Academic:15.4
Nonacademic: 16.7
Reasonable encounters per shift
Academic:13.5
Nonacademic:14.7
Burnout significance
Significant
Academic: 85.9%
Nonacademic: 90.2%
Insignificant
Academic: 14.1%
Nonacademic: 9.8%
