An Enlightening Look at Rheumatologist Compensation
An Enlightening Look at Rheumatologist Compensation
Between February and March 2011, Medscape surveyed 455,000 US physicians online, and nearly 16,000 US physicians responded across 22 specialty areas. Survey respondents were 68% men and 32% women. Rheumatologists represented only 1% (160) of the responding physicians.
Twenty-eight percent of respondents were 28-39 years of age; 27% were 40-49 years of age; 28% were 50-59 years of age; and 17% were 60 years of age or older. More than 84% of survey respondents are board certified. A little over one third of the rheumatologists who responded were women. Ninety-one percent were MDs, and 88% were board certified.
One quarter of rheumatologist respondents had been in practice for 1-4 years. About one third worked in group single- or multispecialty practices; 22% were employees in academic, research, or military settings; and 21% were in solo practice. Only 3% of rheumatologists who responded practiced in the Northwest. Seventeen percent were from the West; 15% worked in the Southwest; and another 15% were from the Mid-Atlantic region.
An Enlightening View of Our Subspecialty
Between February and March 2011, Medscape surveyed 455,000 US physicians online, and nearly 16,000 US physicians responded across 22 specialty areas. Survey respondents were 68% men and 32% women. Rheumatologists represented only 1% (160) of the responding physicians.
Rheumatologist-Respondent Demographics
Twenty-eight percent of respondents were 28-39 years of age; 27% were 40-49 years of age; 28% were 50-59 years of age; and 17% were 60 years of age or older. More than 84% of survey respondents are board certified. A little over one third of the rheumatologists who responded were women. Ninety-one percent were MDs, and 88% were board certified.
One quarter of rheumatologist respondents had been in practice for 1-4 years. About one third worked in group single- or multispecialty practices; 22% were employees in academic, research, or military settings; and 21% were in solo practice. Only 3% of rheumatologists who responded practiced in the Northwest. Seventeen percent were from the West; 15% worked in the Southwest; and another 15% were from the Mid-Atlantic region.