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To the Editor: In their article "Compensation to a Department of Medicine and Its Faculty Members for the Teaching of Medical Students and House Staff," Shea et al. (Jan. 18 issue)¹ attribute all the hours spent by attending physicians on wards to teaching. Are we to assume that attending physicians in the department of medicine at the Columbia–Presbyterian Medical Center do not bill for clinical services provided to patients? The care of hospitalized patients is a full-time job that is still rather generously compensated by patients and payers.

One hopes that the authors of this article will acknowledge that attending . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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More on Compensation for Teaching
Korn D., Jones R. F., Shea S., Nickerson K. G., Weisfeldt M. L.
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N Engl J Med 1996; 335:1537-1538, Nov 14, 1996. Correspondence

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