Determinants of General Practitioners' Wages in England

Stephen Morris (), Matt Sutton, Hugh Gravelle, Bob Elliott, Arne Hole, Ada Ma (), Bonnie Sibbald and Diane Skatun
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Matt Sutton: Health Economics Research Unit, University of Aberdeen
Hugh Gravelle: National Primary Care Research & Development Centre, Centre for Health Economics, University of York
Bob Elliott: Health Economics Research Unit, University of Aberdeen
Bonnie Sibbald: National Primary Care Research and Development Centre, University of Manchester
Diane Skatun: Health Economics Research Unit, University of Aberdeen

No 036cherp, Working Papers from Centre for Health Economics, University of York

Abstract: We analyse the determinants of annual net income and wages (annual net income/hours) of general practitioners (GPs) using a unique, anonymised, non-disclosive dataset derived from tax returns for 21,657 GPs in England for the financial year 2002/3. The average GP had a gross income of £189,300, incurred expenses of £115,600, and earned an annual net income of £73,700. The mean wage was £35 per hour. Net income and wages depended on gender, experience, list size, partnership size, whether or not the GP worked in a dispensing practice, whether or not they worked in a Primary Medical Service (PMS) practice, and the characteristics of the local population (limiting long term illness rate, proportion from ethnic minorities, population density, Index of Multiple Deprivation 2000). The findings have implications for discrimination by GP gender and country of qualification, economies of scale by practice size, incentives for competition for patients, compensating differentials for local population characteristics, and the attractiveness of PMS versus General Medical Services contracts.

Keywords: Physician; family. General practitioner. Income. Wages. Contract. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I11 J31 J44 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 23 pages
Date: 2008-04
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