Trends in the Earnings of Health Care Professionals in the United States, 1987-2010
Authors:
- Anupam B. JenaAJAnupam B. Jena
- Amitabh ChandraACAmitabh Chandra
Open Access
- 28 November 2012
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 308 (20) , 2083-2085
Abstract
To the Editor: Understanding trends in physician earnings is important given health care cost growth and proposed Medicare physician fee reductions.1 National surveys find that annual physician incomes increased 24% between 1982 and 19892 and decreased 7.1% between 1995 and 2003.3Keywords
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