News & Perspectives

  • The Physician: Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise? The Physician: Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise? This article covers the highlights of the 2014 Medscape Physician Lifestyle Report, focusing on the most and least fortunate physicians, based on their own assessment of health, wealth, and happiness.

Survey Methodology

  • Survey fielded to 413,386 US physicians
  • Total respondents*: 31,399 US physicians across 25 specialty areas
  • Fieldwork conducted by Medscape from October 16 to December 4, 2013
  • Data collected via third-party online survey collection site
*Respondents were entered into a sweepstakes to win a $150 Amazon.com gift card, awarded to 25 physicians.