Gender differences in the salaries of physician researchers

JAMA

Volumn 307, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 2410-2417

  Jagsi, Reshma ^a,c   Griffith, Kent A ^d   Stewart, Abigail ^b   Sambuco, Dana ^a,c   DeCastro, Rochelle ^a,c   Ubel, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MARRIAGE; PHYSICIAN INCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SALARY; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; PUBLISHING; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; PUBLISHING; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862259275     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.6183     Document Type: Article

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