Table 5. Average net income of physicians, by corporate status and specialty: United States, 1975 and 1983-84.
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| All physicians | $64,100 | $111,135 | 2$103,794 | $48,200 | $83,568 | 2$78,087 |
| General practice | 53,500 | 92,757 | 86,852 | 42,800 | 74,206 | 63,766 |
| Internal medicine | 61,300 | 106,280 | 90,213 | 49,100 | 85,128 | 80,615 |
| Pediatrics | 53,700 | 93,104 | 85,588 | 48,500 | 84,088 | 64,469 |
| General surgery | 68,900 | 119,457 | 118,143 | 55,700 | 96,571 | 98,380 |
| Obstetrics-gynecology | 74,400 | 128,993 | 124,623 | 54,100 | 93,797 | 86,801 |
| Family practice | NA | NA | 81,580 | NA | NA | 70,384 |
| Cardiovascular specialties | NA | NA | 148,881 | NA | NA | 92,587 |
| Other medical specialties | NA | NA | 121,486 | NA | NA | 82,597 |
| Orthopedic surgery | NA | NA | 143,615 | NA | NA | 137,039 |
| Ophthalmology | NA | NA | 150,650 | NA | NA | 89,099 |
| Urology | NA | NA | 119,098 | NA | NA | 92,507 |
| Other surgery | NA | NA | 129,558 | NA | NA | 99,979 |
| Psychiatry | NA | NA | 82,838 | NA | NA | 74,350 |
| Other specialties | NA | NA | 114,627 | NA | NA | 89,617 |
1
Nominal dollar figures for 1975 were adjusted to 1983 real-dollar levels using the Fixed Weight Price Index for Personal Consumption Expenditures.
2
Includes only specialties surveyed in both 1975 and 1983-84.
NOTE: NA is not available.
SOURCE: Health Care Financing Administration, Office of Research and Demonstrations: Data from the National Physicians' Practice Costs and Income Survey, 1975 and 1983-84.