Physician Compensation Report 2011

• How much do physicians earn?
• Which practice settings earn the most?
• How much time is spent with patients?

Specialist Compensation

• Anesthesiology
• Cardiology
• Dermatology
• Diabetes & Endocrinology
• Emergency Medicine
• Gastroenterology
• General Surgery

• ID/HIV
• Nephrology
• Neurology
• Ob/Gyn & Women's Health
• Oncology
• Ophthalmology
• Orthopedics
• Pediatrics

• Plastic Surgery
• Primary Care
• Psychiatry & Mental Health
• Pulmonary Medicine
• Radiology
• Rheumatology
• Urology

Perspective

• The Specialist/Primary Care Split Continues -- and Not Just in Compensation
  How do physicians feel about how much they earn, how many hours they work, and whether they are fairly compensated? All is revealed in the first annual Medscape Physician Compensation Report (detailed data results above).
  Medscape Business of Medicine, April 2011

Methodology

• Survey fielded to 455,000 US physicians
• Total respondents*: 15,794 US physicians across 22 specialty areas
• Fieldwork conducted by Medscape from February 2-March 30, 2011
• Data collected via third-party online survey collection site

* Respondents were entered into a sweepstakes to win a $50 American Express gift card - issued to 100 physicians. Demographic/attitudinal weighting not applied to tabulation