POLICY BRIEF
Kaplan Sanders, PhD; Yalda Jabbarpour, MD; Andrew Bazemore, MD, MPH
Corresponding Author: Kaplan Sanders, PhD; Utah Tech University, Department of Accounting, Finance, and Data Analytics
Email: kaplan.sanders@utahtech.edu
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2024.240240R1
Keywords: Family Medicine, Gender Equity, Income, Women Physicians
Dates: Submitted: 06-19-2024; Revised: 10-03-2024; Accepted: 10-07-2024
Status: In production for ahead of print.
The gender wage gap in early-career family medicine results in female physicians earning nearly $32,000 less annually than their male counterparts, with significant lifetime financial impacts. Modeling this disparity over a 25-, 30-, and 35-year career reveals that, without interventions, female physicians could accumulate $2.0 to $4.4 million less than male physicians, underscoring the need for systemic changes to address gender-based pay inequities in the medical profession.