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The Organizational Cost of Burnout

Occupational burnout affects today’s pharmacists, residents, student pharmacists, and pharmacy technicians at unprecedented rates. A pharmacy workforce with the ability to thrive during adversity — a resilient workforce — is essential to combat burnout and support safe, high-quality patient care. The calculator was developed to allow individual institutions to calculate the financial liability of occupational burnout and turnover, and lend support to efforts to address the burnout.

Pharmacist
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Calculate the Cost of Burnout

Customize the fields below to estimate the cost of occupational burnout at your organization. The fields are prepopulated with defaults from literature references, but all fields can be customized.

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Auto-calculated based on the average salary
2.13 / year
Number of pharmacists in your organization turning over due to occupational burnout per year
$573,351 / year
Estimated cost of pharmacist turnover per year due to pharmacist occupational burnout

Estimate Savings from Burnout Interventions

Customize the fields below to determine the return on investment for interventions to reduce occupational burnout.

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6.65%
Turnover without occupational burnout
$114,670
Estimated savings due to reduced occupational burnout
129%
Return on investment per year
References
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  2. Melnyk B, Hsieh A, Tan A, et al. The state of health, burnout, healthy behaviors, workplace wellness support, and concerns of medication errors in pharmacists during the COVID-19 pandemic. J Occup Environ Med. 2023; 65:699-705. https://doi.org/10.1097/jom.0000000000002889
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