Practice characteristics of male and female physician assistants.
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Salary discrepancies between practicing male and female physician assistants.
BACKGROUND Salary discrepancies between male and female physicians are well documented; however, gender-based salary differences among clinically practicing physician assistants (PAs) have not been studied since 1992 (Willis, 1992). Therefore, the objectives of the current study are to evaluate the presence of salary discrepancies between clinically practicing male and female PAs and to analyze...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Public Health
سال: 1984
ISSN: 0090-0036,1541-0048
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.74.12.1398