Differences in earnings between male and female physicians

Article Abstract:

The controversial gender gap between the incomes of young physicians may be closing. Physician surveys indicating the incomes for 1986 and 1990 were analyzed according to earning patterns. Male and female physicians under 45 years old may be similar with respect to annual earnings, although men, at $56 per hour, apparently earn more than women at first glance. A higher weekly work load among male physicians accounts for a portion of this difference, while other factors contribute as well. Male physicians tend to be specialized and are frequently self-employed, a lifestyle that guarantees a higher income. When education, personal characteristics, practice setting, experience, and other factors are taken into account, the income differential disappears completely. Male physicians with more than 10 years of experience earn 17% more than their female counterparts, however.

Compensation and benefits, Physicians, Medical professions, Women physicians

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The effects of patient volume and level of care at the hospital of birth on neonatal mortality

Article Abstract:

Sending high-risk pregnant women to level III neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) could reduce infant mortality without raising costs. Researchers reviewed all 594,104 births in California non-federal hospitals in 1990. Infant mortality in hospitals with level III NICUs that cared for at least 15 infants a day was almost half the rate in hospitals with smaller NICUs. Infant mortality in hospitals with smaller NICUs was not significantly different than in hospitals without an NICU. Despite this difference in mortality rates, the costs of treating the infants was about the same.

Health aspects, Patient outcomes, Mortality, Infants, Infant mortality

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Level and volume of neonatal intensive care and mortality in very-low-birth-weight infants

Article Abstract:

A study to examine differences in neonatal mortality among infants with very low birth weight among neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) with various levels of care and different volumes of very-low-birth-weight infants was conducted. The results show that mortality among very-low-birth-weight infants was lowest for deliveries in hospitals with NICUs that had high level of care and high volume of such patients.

United States, Science & research, Care and treatment, Research, Birth weight, Low, Low birth weight, Clinical report

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