Doctors who choose primary care are shorting themselves out of more than $2.5 million in lifetime earnings, when compared with their classmates who go into specialties, according to a new study from Duke University. With 32 million more Americans about to be covered for primary care by the health care reforms, the current shortage of primary care providers may become more acute. (Credit: iStockphoto)
DUKE (US)—Choosing primary care over a specialty career costs physicians an estimated $2.7 million in potential lifetime earnings and wealth. Continue…
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