How practice setting, specialty influences physician compensation

Salary represents a much higher portion of income among hospital-employed physicians than it does for physicians in single- and multispecialty practice, according to research published in December by the American Medical Association.

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Based on biennial surveys of approximately 3,500 physicians, the AMA’s data excluded physicians in solo practice.

Specialties with the highest percentage of physicians paid only by salary:

  • Psychiatry: 40.2 percent
  • Family practice: 25.3 percent
  • Pediatrics: 22.5 percent
  • Radiology: 21.3 percent

Specialties with the highest percentage of physicians paid based only on productivity:

  • Surgical subspecialties: 31.9 percent
  • General surgery: 20.1 percent
  • OB-GYN: 18.9 percent

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