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Physician salaries in the U.S. are dramatically higher than in other countries. Use of their services is not.: Comparisons of primary care and orthopedic utilization and salaries, U.S. compared with five other countries, 2008
| U.S. = 1 | Primary care utilization | Primary care physicians’ salaries | Hip replacement utilization | Orthopedists’ salaries | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||||
| Australia | 1.61 | 0.50 | 0.94 | 0.42 | ||
| Canada | 1.53 | 0.67 | 0.74 | 0.47 | ||
| France | 1.84 | 0.51 | 1.33 | 0.35 | ||
| Germany | 1.95 | 0.71 | 1.67 | 0.46 | ||
| United Kingdom | 1.34 | 0.86 | 1.05 | 0.73 | ||
| Non-U.S. average | 1.65 | 0.65 | 1.15 | 0.49 | ||
| 1 |
Notes: Utilization measures are normalized by population. U.S. levels are set at 1 and measures of utilization for other countries are indexes relative to the U.S. The data source uses incidence of hip replacements as the comparative utilization measure for orthopedists.
Source: Data from Laugesen and Glied 2008