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Examining association between percentage of women in medical specialties, salaries

2021-02-08
(Press-News.org) What The Study Did: Salary information from faculty at U.S. medical schools was used to examine the association between the percentage of female clinicians in a medical specialty and the average and median salaries for that specialty.

Authors: Terrill Bravender, M.D., M.P.H., of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.5683)

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