Curiously, society's response to that perception has been to let the incomes of primary-care doctors fall relative to specialty incomes.
In addition, product price alone is not always the best discriminator with regard to pharmacy formulary decision-making, and pharmacy benefit managers are creating new ways of managing costs relative to specialty pharmaceutical products [ 14].
The relative strength of associations between teaching qualities and being seen as a role model were more distinct when comparing specialties.
The relative distribution of specialty ICUs versus general ICUs was not uniform across the country, with specialty ICUs making up from 35% (Shandong) to 66% (Jiangsu) of units, or 34% (Shandong) to 53% (Beijing) of ICU beds [ 10, 11, 15].
Coefficients represent associations, not causal relationships between the dependent variables and relative Medicare reimbursements, specialty availability, and PCP availability.
Furthermore, because of the relative paucity of specialty EM training programs in Canada, our sample size was small.
Our method enables us to visually grasp which factor is more valued by students/junior doctors who chose a certain specialty relative to their peers, across the broad range of specialties.
As a career, psychiatry was seen as having low prestige relative to other specialties.
Considering transitions between the hospital specialties, there was no statistical evidence that these changes followed a systematic pattern other than being associated with the relative size of specialties and therefore with the possible availability of posts.
At the provincial level, spinal care specialists as well as other providers emphasized that varying level of priorities for spinal injury relative to other specialties raised challenges for them in the current care delivery environment.
