US doctors' incomes fell in 1999

A survey conducted by Medical Economics, a medical business journal, showed a decline in gross and net annual income of many American doctors in 1999.

Compared with 1998, the median gross revenue for internists fell by 6.4% to $202560 (£144700) and for family practitioners fell by 3.2% to $211820. Net income fell even more—by 10.5% for internists and by 7% for family practitioners.

All surgical specialists' gross income fell by less than half a per cent, while their …