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How much physicians get paid for being on call

Quick View. Dec. 8, 2003.



Specialty In house Off site
Anesthesiology $80 $32
Emergency medicine $72 --
Medicine specialties $75 $9
Ob-gyn $85 --
Primary care $46 $7
Psychiatry $75 $18
Surgery $48 --
Surgical specialties $81 $31
Trauma surgery $95 --

Average hourly on call pay varies by specialty and whether the doctor stays on site.

More hospitals and medical groups are paying physicians for on-call work, according to a survey by Sullivan, Cotter and Associates, a Detroit-based human resource and management consulting firm. About 40% of the 180 respondents said they provided on-call pay, compared with 28% in last year's survey.


Source: Sullivan, Cotter and Associates

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