Gender income gaps persist among doctors: study

By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Female doctors earn an average of $56,000 less each year than male doctors, according to a new study, which found that gap hasn't budged since the late 1980s. Researchers used a nationally-representative survey conducted in 1987 through 2010 and found that although earning gaps shrank over time among non-healthcare workers, that was not the case for doctors and certain other health professionals. "There is something that's intrinsically going on within the physician workforce," Dr. Anupam B. ...



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