Physicians' Compensation - More Bad News for Primary Care

We already know that fewer and fewer medical students choose a career in primary care. And one of the reasons is certainly that the reimbursement is far below that of subspecialists.

As Retired Doc points out "cardiologists, oncologists and GI docs make about twice as much as internists for two years more training and pulmonary docs do ok. EM docs makes about 237,000.

While the internist, FP and ped all make $760 per day, the CRNA (anesthesia nurse) brings in $ 1,140 and a hospitalist makes $975. An internist has to sub specialize to make more than an anesthesia nurse. If lack of prestige is one factor in not choosing general IM, that fact should resonate in the limbic cortex self esteem circuits."

Thanks to Kevin MD for the link.