Sex-Based Disparities in the Hourly Earnings of Surgeons in the Fee-for-Service System in Ontario, Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Sex-based income disparities are well documented in medicine and most pronounced in surgery. These disparities are commonly attributed to differences in hours worked. One proposed solution to close the earnings gap is a fee-for-service payment system, which is theoretically free of bias. However, it is unclear whether a sex-based earnings gap persists in a fee-for-service system when earnings are measured on the basis of hours worked.

Objective

To determine whether male and female surgeons have similar earnings for each hour spent operating in a fee-for-service system.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional, population-based study used administrative databases from a fee-for-service, single-payer health system in Ontario, Canada. Surgeons wh

SUBMITTER: Dossa F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6777399 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature