Compensation by specialty as a percentage of median primary care compensation

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Specialty	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Family practice	98	99	98	98	97	96
Internal medicine	101	101	100	102	102	104
Pediatrics	99	96	101	100	101	100
Median Primary Care	100	100	100	100	100	100
Anesthesiology	170	190	190	200	206	201
Invasive cardiology	236	249	275	251	261	264
Non-invasive cardiology	194	204	215	201	223	217
Dermatology	145	145	144	176	182	191
Emergency medicine	130	135	141	138	138	137
Gastroenterology	184	191	209	210	224	228
Oncology	177	176	184	203	201	216
Neurology	124	119	121	121	122	130
Obstetrics/Gynecology	152	152	155	152	151	153
Ophthamology	153	161	175	166	191	173
Orthopedic surgery	222	228	243	236	253	245
Otolaryngology	164	160	172	181	189	183
Psychiatry	106	106	106	106	104	113
Pulmonology	134	133	145	137	146	143
Diagnostic radiology	219	203	223	245	257	251
General surgery	164	167	173	167	168	175
Urology	187	205	204	192	219	207
Median Specialty	171	174	177	179	189	184
CRNA	64	65	73	72	78	79
Nurse practitioner	40	39	42	42	43	43
Optometrist	67	62	60	63	64	66
Physician assistant surgery	49	49	48	48	48	49
Physician assistant primary	42	44	44	45	45	45
Psychologist	49	46	47	47	45	49
Median non-physician	43	43	44	45	46	46