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Area of Science:

  • Health Economics
  • Medical Workforce Planning
  • Physician Compensation Studies

Background:

  • Understanding physician income distribution is crucial for predicting future medical manpower supply.
  • Variations in physician incomes across specialties can influence career choices and workforce distribution.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze and compare gross practice incomes among different medical specialties for office-based physicians in Taiwan.
  • To identify specific medical specialties with significantly higher or lower gross practice incomes.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized data from 7444 office-based physicians in Taiwan, provided by the Department of Health.
  • Employed multivariate regression analyses to examine the relationship between physician specialty and annual gross practice income.
  • Controlled for physician age, gender, specialty-board status, practice type, clinic location, and community urbanization level.

Main Results:

  • A significant relationship (P < 0.001) was found between medical specialty and annual gross practice income.
  • Physicians in rehabilitation and orthopedics reported the highest gross practice incomes.
  • Obstetricians and gynecologists reported the lowest gross practice incomes.

Conclusions:

  • Gross practice incomes of physicians are significantly associated with their medical specialty, even after adjusting for socio-demographic and professional factors.
  • Procedure-based specialties (e.g., rehabilitation, orthopedics) generally show higher incomes compared to diagnosis-oriented specialties (e.g., family practice, pediatrics).
  • Findings provide valuable insights for policymakers regarding physician compensation and future medical workforce distribution.