Table 2.

Logistic Regression Showing Odds of Physicians Agreeing that Their Compensation Is Fair Based on Their Medical Specialty after Adjusting for Total Compensation, Practice, and Personal Characteristics*

	Agree or Strongly Agree that Compensation is Fair
	No. (%)	OR (95% CI)	P value
Medical specialty
Internal medicine	140 (56.9)	1.00 (reference)
Family medicine	157 (53.4)	0.93 (0.65–1.33)	0.67
Pediatrics	89 (58.2)	1.22 (0.79–1.88)	0.38
Non-primary care specialty	879 (58.3)	0.86 (0.64–1.15)	0.30
Overall total compensation
<$150,000	119 (34.8)	1.00 (reference)
$150,000–199,999	180 (54.9)	2.03 (1.47–2.80)	<0.001
$200,000–249,999	181 (59.7)	2.56 (1.82–3.59)	<0.001
$250,000–299,999	84 (76.4)	5.58 (3.34–9.31)	<0.001
$300,000–349,999	123 (63.4)	3.23 (2.18–4.77)	<0.001
≥$350,000	340 (71.9)	5.03 (3.60–7.02)	<0.001
Missing data	238 (52.8)	2.25 (1.65–3.05)	<0.001
Practice setting
Group	629 (60.4)	1.00 (reference)
Solo	139 (38.6)	0.61 (0.45–0.81)	0.001
Hospital	243 (63.9)	1.06 (0.80–1.40)	0.68
Medical school	106 (60.2)	1.03 (0.72–1.48)	0.88
Other	148 (60.9)	1.12 (0.82–1.54)	0.47
Primary compensation
Salary only	308 (55.6)	1.00 (reference)
Salary plus bonus	587 (65.1)	1.26 (1.00–1.60)	0.05
Billing only	287 (47.5)	0.80 (0.59–1.08)	0.14
Other	83 (58.5)	1.20 (0.80–1.79)	0.38
Employment type
Employee	729 (62.1)	1.00 (reference)
Full or part owner	463 (52.5)	0.89 (0.69–1.14)	0.35
Independent contractor	73 (50.0)	0.79 (0.54–1.16)	0.23

*Model includes all items shown in the table plus physicians’ age, sex, and race or ethnicity