National Research Study Finds Large Gaps in U.S. Physician Compensation
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The following article summarizes the Physician Compensation Report, a comprehensive survey of US physician compensation based on more than 65,000 verified US physician respondents. This year’s study found that doctors saw an average 4 percent wage increase nationally from 2016 to 2017. However, compensation varied significantly across metropolitan areas, between genders and across medical specialties.