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Early-Career Compensation Trends Among Family Physicians

Kaplan Sanders, Julie Phillips, Sarah Fleischer and Lars E. Peterson
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine October 2023, 36 (5) 851-863; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2023.230039R1
Kaplan Sanders
From the Utah Tech University, Department of Accounting, Finance, and Data Analytics, St. George, UT (KS); Michigan State University, Department of Family Medicine, Lansing, MI (JP); American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, KY (SF, LEP); University of Kentucky, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Lexington, KY (LEP).
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Julie Phillips
From the Utah Tech University, Department of Accounting, Finance, and Data Analytics, St. George, UT (KS); Michigan State University, Department of Family Medicine, Lansing, MI (JP); American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, KY (SF, LEP); University of Kentucky, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Lexington, KY (LEP).
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Sarah Fleischer
From the Utah Tech University, Department of Accounting, Finance, and Data Analytics, St. George, UT (KS); Michigan State University, Department of Family Medicine, Lansing, MI (JP); American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, KY (SF, LEP); University of Kentucky, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Lexington, KY (LEP).
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Lars E. Peterson
From the Utah Tech University, Department of Accounting, Finance, and Data Analytics, St. George, UT (KS); Michigan State University, Department of Family Medicine, Lansing, MI (JP); American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, KY (SF, LEP); University of Kentucky, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Lexington, KY (LEP).
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