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Physicians' incomes are variously decried as contributing to high health care costs in the United States and championed as reasonable compensation for hard work, sobering responsibilities, and long years of training. The public perception is that many doctors earn too much. Yet the promise of a relatively secure financial future helps to attract many top college students to the profession. This infusion of talent contributes to medical progress and a high quality of care.

Aggregate statistics on physicians' incomes hide the tremendous variations between specialists and primary care practitioners. In 1992 the median net income for physicians (after expenses but . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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