Medscape has released the results of the
first annual "Physician Compensation Report 2011". The survey conducted between
February 2 and March 30, 2011, fielded 455,000 physicians from 22 specialties who are practising medicine in the United States. The results reflect the opinions of the 15,794 physicans who responded.
An interesting statistic for medical students to note came in response to the question
"Would they do it all again?". Almost 70% answered in the affirmative! Click the links to Medscape to access the full report
[ registration with the site is required but there is no charge ].
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...then read this
Wall Street Journal Blog post by
Laura Yao"Physicians coming out of residencies last year reported increases in their starting salaries in many specialties, according to a survey by the
Medical Group Management Association... Here are the specialties with the biggest jumps in 2008 from a year earlier based on data from 3,520 physicians:
Neurology: $200,000 to $230,000 –- up 15%
Non-invasive cardiology: $350,000 to $400,000 – up 14.29%
Anesthesiology: $275,000 to $312,500 – up 13.64%
Emergency medicine: $192,000 to $215,040 – up 12%
Internal medicine: $150,000 to $165,000 – up 10% "
Check the
Wall Street Journal Health Blog regularly for interesting discussion ~ including the recent
White Coat Controversy!
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Supply and demand lead to higher reimbursement, but for how long?"The
2008 Medical Economics Exclusive Survey is your chance to find out. Conducted in March and April, the survey asked more than 175,000 physicians about their compensation, productivity, practice size and setting, expenditures, and third-party payer arrangements, as well as basic demographic data."
Key Points: ~ Demographics affect income
~ Earnings rose in every region and nearly every type of community
~ Capitated contracts are up, but revenue downClick on the title for an analysis of the results, broken down into three major categories: earnings, productivity, and malpractice premiums.
[from
Modern Medicine Aug 1, 2008, by Ken Terry.]
Labels: medical economics, physician earnings, primary care, salary comparison
Medscape has released the results of the first annual 
