Academic productivity and its relationship to physician salaries in the university of california healthcare system

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 106, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 415-421

  Fijalkowski, Natalia ^a,b,c   Zheng, Luo Luo ^a,b,c   Henderson, Michael T ^a,b,c   Moshfeghi, Andrew A ^a,b,c   Maltenfort, Mitchell ^a,b,c   Moshfeghi, Darius M ^a,b,c,d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Byers Eye Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic productivity; Compensation; H index; Hirsch index; Physician salaries

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PRODUCTIVITY; ARTICLE; COMPENSATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PHYSICIAN INCOME; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLICATION; SALARY; UNITED STATES;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; BIBLIOMETRICS; CALIFORNIA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EFFICIENCY; FACULTY, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIANS; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL;

EID: 84880254616     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: 15418243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e31829b9dae     Document Type: Article

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