Salary Equity among Male and Female Internists
Authors: Roberta Ness, Flora Ukoli
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2001)

Letters1 May 2001Salary Equity among Male and Female InternistsRoberta Ness, MD, MPH and Flora Ukoli, MDRoberta Ness, MD, MPHUniversity of Pittsburgh; Pittsburgh, PA 15261 (Ness, Ukoli)Search for more papers by this author and Flora Ukoli, MDUniversity of Pittsburgh; Pittsburgh, PA 15261 (Ness, Ukoli)Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-134-9_Part_1-200105010-00026 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail IN RESPONSE:We appreciate Dr. Ross's comments. As with most research, our analysis leaves as many important questions unanswered as answered. In this case, the relevant questions relate to the economic, social, and cultural factors driving salary inequity.Dr. Ross cites three factors that may have confounded our results: weeks worked per year, productivity, and voluntary lifestyle tradeoffs. Dr. Ross himself shows that number of weeks worked per year would not eliminate the observed effect. His further point about productivity was considered in a 1999 survey published by Physician's Weekly, based on a poll of physicians from the Medical Group ...References1. Angier N. Among doctors, pay for women still lags. New York Times. 12 Jan 1999. Google Scholar2. Carr PL, Ash AS, Friedman RH, Scaramucci A, Barnett RC, Szalacha L, et al . Relation of family responsibilities and gender to the productivity and career satisfaction of medical faculty. Ann Intern Med. 1998;129:532-8. [PMID: 0009758572] LinkGoogle Scholar3. Warde C, Allen W, Gelberg L. Physician role conflict and resulting career changes. Gender and generational differences. J Gen Intern Med. 1996;11:729-35. [PMID: 0009016419] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. Sobecks NW, Justice AC, Hinze S, Chirayath HT, Lasek RJ, Chren MM, et al . When doctors marry doctors: a survey exploring the professional and family lives of young physicians. Ann Intern Med. 1999;130:312-9. [PMID: 0010068390] LinkGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: Roberta Ness, MD, MPH; Flora Ukoli, MDAffiliations: University of Pittsburgh; Pittsburgh, PA 15261 (Ness, Ukoli) PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoWhen Doctors Marry Doctors: A Survey Exploring the Professional and Family Lives of Young Physicians Nancy W. Sobecks , Amy C. Justice , Susan Hinze , Heidi Taylor Chirayath , Rebecca J. Lasek , Mary-Margaret Chren , John Aucott , Barbara Juknialis , Richard Fortinsky , Stuart Youngner , and C. Seth Landefeld Salary Equity among Male and Female Internists in Pennsylvania Roberta B. Ness , Flora Ukoli , Susan Hunt , Sharon C. Kiely , Melissa A. McNeil , Vanessa Richardson , Nancy Weissbach , and Steven H. Belle Salary Equity among Male and Female Internists Glenn S. Ross Metrics Cited byThe $16,819 Pay Gap For Newly Trained Physicians: The Unexplained Trend Of Men Earning More Than Women 1 May 2001Volume 134, Issue 9_Part_1Page: 798-799KeywordsChildrenDecision makingResearch and reporting methodsSocial influence ePublished: 1 May 2001 Issue Published: 1 May 2001 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2001 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...