Overhead varies widely by specialty, from 38 per cent for ophthalmologists to 10 per cent for medical oncologists, and, of course, many hospital-based docs have little or no out-of-pocket costs. Overall, overhead for Canadian doctors is 26 per cent of their billings. read more
The data in the report come from more than 19,500 doctors in 26 specialties who responded to Medscape's annual survey with information on their compensation for 2014. The average primary care doctor made $195,000; the average specialist made $284,000. read more