Table 6.
Anticipated Salary Changes in the Next 12 Months
| Change | Practice Size (No. of physicians) |
Geographic Location |
Geography |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| One to Two (n = 189; %) | Three to Six (n = 207; %) | ≥ Seven (n = 159; %) | χ2 | P | Northeast (n = 118; %) | North Central (n = 180; %) | South (n = 221; %) | West (n = 112; %) | χ2 | P | Metropolitan (n = 520; %) | Nonmetropolitan (n = 79; %) | χ2 | P | |
| Give raises to oncology physicians | 10.918 | .206 | 14.173 | .290 | 2.113 | .715 | |||||||||
| Very unlikely | 54.7 | 47.0 | 40.9 | 37.8 | 46.9 | 50.9 | 55.1 | 48.1 | 50.0 | ||||||
| Somewhat unlikely | 10.9 | 9.0 | 7.1 | 13.4 | 5.5 | 8.9 | 11.5 | 9.8 | 5.0 | ||||||
| Neither likely nor unlikely | 21.9 | 21.7 | 29.1 | 24.4 | 28.1 | 23.7 | 12.8 | 22.9 | 21.7 | ||||||
| Somewhat likely | 7.3 | 13.9 | 15.0 | 14.6 | 11.7 | 10.1 | 14.1 | 12.2 | 13.3 | ||||||
| Very likely | 5.1 | 8.4 | 7.9 | 9.8 | 7.8 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 6.9 | 10.0 | ||||||
| Give raises to oncology-certified nurses | 13.261 | .103 | 18.475 | .102 | 4.173 | .383 | |||||||||
| Very unlikely | 47.3 | 34.3 | 30.2 | 29.3 | 33.1 | 40.4 | 46.3 | 38.0 | 37.3 | ||||||
| Somewhat unlikely | 9.3 | 9.0 | 8.7 | 13.3 | 9.9 | 5.8 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 3.4 | ||||||
| Neither likely nor unlikely | 20.9 | 20.5 | 27.8 | 21.3 | 20.7 | 27.5 | 13.4 | 22.1 | 20.3 | ||||||
| Somewhat likely | 17.1 | 24.1 | 24.6 | 22.7 | 23.1 | 19.9 | 22.0 | 20.5 | 28.8 | ||||||
| Very likely | 5.4 | 12.0 | 8.7 | 13.3 | 13.2 | 6.4 | 7.3 | 9.4 | 10.2 | ||||||
| Reduce pay to oncology physicians | 3.427 | .905 | 20.992 | .050 | 5.101 | .277 | |||||||||
| Very unlikely | 73.1 | 67.3 | 70.8 | 65.4 | 68.0 | 72.5 | 70.4 | 67.9 | 82.0 | ||||||
| Somewhat unlikely | 4.8 | 9.7 | 7.7 | 13.6 | 6.3 | 5.6 | 6.2 | 7.0 | 3.3 | ||||||
| Neither likely nor unlikely | 9.0 | 9.7 | 10.0 | 6.2 | 11.7 | 10.1 | 8.6 | 10.6 | 6.6 | ||||||
| Somewhat likely | 6.2 | 7.3 | 5.4 | 13.6 | 3.9 | 6.2 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 4.9 | ||||||
| Very likely | 6.9 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 1.2 | 10.2 | 5.6 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 3.3 | ||||||
| Reduce pay to oncology certified nurses | 7.856 | .448 | 10.142 | .603 | 1.118 | .891 | |||||||||
| Very unlikely | 77.3 | 83.0 | 83.3 | 78.9 | 82.9 | 81.0 | 76.8 | 80.1 | 83.1 | ||||||
| Somewhat unlikely | 7.6 | 9.1 | 6.3 | 14.5 | 5.7 | 6.5 | 8.5 | 7.5 | 6.8 | ||||||
| Neither likely nor unlikely | 9.8 | 4.8 | 7.1 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 8.3 | 9.8 | 8.1 | 5.1 | ||||||
| Somewhat likely | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 4.9 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.4 | ||||||
| Very likely | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.7 | ||||||