Gender, Race May Influence Amount Of Money Earned By US Physicians, Research Indicates.

reports that gender and race may influence the amount of money US physicians earn, a study published online June 7 in the BMJ indicates. STAT (6/7, Okwerekwu) reports that “white male physicians in the” US “earn a whopping 35 percent more than their black male counterparts,” while “white female physicians earned 40 percent less than white men, and black women earned less still.” Researchers arrived at these conclusions after examining data from “the American Community Survey and physician surveys conducted by the Center for Studying Health System Change.” Medscape (6/7, Frellick) also covers the study. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-income-doctor-race-idUSKCN0YT2R2