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A recent survey found that while 70 percent of Americans trust their physicians, only 22 percent trust hospital executives. 

Physicians in the U.S. on average earn far more than their counterparts in other countries and rank significantly higher in terms of net worth, according to Medscape's "International Physician Compensation Report."

Here's how physician compensation and physician specialties stack up in more than 100 key statistics.

Surgical specialists and proceduralists reported a slight drop in overall pay despite large decreases in productivity last year during the pandemic, according to AMGA's 2021 Medical Group Compensation and Productivity survey.

The Merritt Hawkins 2021 Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives report provides data on recruiting incentives offered by organizations in search of providers, including starting salary, signing bonuses and relocation allowances.

The high end of physician signing bonuses reached well into six figures last year, according to the Merritt Hawkins 2021 Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives released Aug. 9.

Family medicine is the specialty with the most witnessed incidents of physician bad behavior, according to Medscape's report, "Physicians Behaving Badly: Has It Gotten Worse?"

Twenty-two percent of physicians said inappropriate behavior outside the workplace has increased in the past five years, according to Medscape's new report, "Physicians Behaving Badly: Has It Gotten Worse?"

Louisiana has ranked in the top eight worst states for healthcare for the past four years, according to WalletHub.

Some physicians have witnessed another physician groping a nurse during an operation, according to Medscape's new report, "Physicians Behaving Badly: Has It Gotten Worse?"