Academic Radiology
Volume 13, Issue 10 , Pages 1266-1273 , October 2006

Gender Differences in Diagnostic Radiologists’ Annual Incomes

  • William B. Weeks, MD, MBA

      Affiliations

    • VA Outcomes Group REAP
    • Dartmouth Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences, VAMC (11Q), White River Junction, Vermont 05009
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: W.B.W.
    • ,
  • Amy E. Wallace, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • VA Outcomes Group REAP
    • Department of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Medical School

Received 24 May 2006 ,Accepted 20 June 2006.

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1 This work was supported in part by VA Health Services Research and Development Grant REA 03-098. Dr. Wallace is the recipient of a VA Health Services Research and Development Advanced Career Development Award. The views expressed in this article do not necessarily represent the views of the Department of Veterans Affairs or of the United States government. Dr. Weeks had full access to all of the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis.

PII: S1076-6332(06)00325-4

doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2006.06.010

Academic Radiology
Volume 13, Issue 10 , Pages 1266-1273 , October 2006

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