title: Public payments to physicians in Ontario adjusted for overhead costs.
abstract: We used data collected in the 2010 National Physician Survey and public payment data published in the Institute for Clinical and Evaluative Sciences report Payments to Ontario Physicians from Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Sources 1992/93 to 2009/10 to estimate 2009/2010 net physician income from public payments for Ontario physicians by specialty. Incorporating overhead substantially affects estimates of physician income and changes relative position. For example, ophthalmologists were ranked second when only public payments were considered but eighth when overhead was included. Conversely, hospital-based specialties such as anaesthesia, radiation oncology and emergency medicine rank significantly higher after overhead is included.
authors: Keenan Research Centre, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON. petchj@shm.ca
authors: Jeremy
authors: J
authors: Petch
authors: Irfan A
authors: IA
authors: Dhalla
authors: David A
authors: DA
authors: Henry
authors: Susan E
authors: SE
authors: Schultz
authors: Richard H
authors: RH
authors: Glazier
authors: Sacha
authors: S
authors: Bhatia
authors: Andreas
authors: A
authors: Laupacis
mesh_terms: D005249:Fees and Charges / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005380:Financing, Government / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000191:economics; D008511:Medicine / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009864:Ontario; D010820:Physicians / Q000191:economics*; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms / Q000191:economics*
references: CMAJ. 2004 Mar 2;170(5):776
references: 14993162
references: N Engl J Med. 1990 Sep 27;323(13):884-90
references: 2118594
references: Health Aff (Millwood). 2011 Sep;30(9):1647-56
references: 21900654
references: CMAJ. 2002 Sep 3;167(5):535
references: 12240831
references: Am J Public Health. 2011 Jul;101(7):1198-208
references: 21566029