INCREASING PHYSICIAN GROSS INCOME IN RELATION TO BOARD CERTIFICATION*
| $1,000,000/year | |||||||||||
| $900,000/year | |||||||||||
| $800,000/year | |||||||||||
| $700,000/year | |||||||||||
| $600,000/year | |||||||||||
| $500,000/year | X | ||||||||||
| $400,000/year | X | ||||||||||
| $300,000/year | X | ||||||||||
| $200,000/year | X | ||||||||||
| $100,000/year |
Non
Diplomate
Single Diplomate
Double Diplomate
Triple Diplomate
Taking
physicians gross incomes on average the Diplomate earns 50% more than
non-Diplomate physicians.
On
average, the physician with two Diplomate Certificates earns 100% more than
physicians with no Diplomate Certification and 33% more than those with a Single
Diplomate Certification.The financial advantage is still more pronounced for
physicians possessing three Certifications.
*BASED UPON THE STATISTICAL STUDIES OF
THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF ETHICAL PHYSICIANS DURING THE YEAR 2001 AND
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS AND INTERPOLATION FOR JANUARY-JULY
2002 AND THE PERTINENT DATA PUBLISHED IN MEDICAL ECONOMICS DURING THE PERIOD
1980 THROUGH 2002.