A new study finds that physician pay rates have fallen 7 percent over the last decade, even as compensation for lawyers and other professionals rose. The research, conducted by the Center for the Study of Health System Change, confirms what many doctors have been arguing for years. According to the group, the average physician salary is now $202,982. The study indicates that primary care physicians have taken the hardest hit with salaries dropping on average 10 percent to $146,405. The top earners are specialists like orthopedic surgeons, who make on $224,000 on average.
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