title: Pay-block time.
abstract: Primary care doctors pocketed huge raises five years ago, when HMOs drove up demand for their services and hospitals began snapping up their practices. But the pay party has ended, as this Executive Chartbook exclusive shows.
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authors.lastname: Hudson
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D004470:Economics, Medical; D005194:Family Practice / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008511:Medicine / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008486:Physician Executives / Q000191:economics; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D013038:Specialization; D014481:United States