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The costs of education are increasing. Since 1960, medical student tuition has grown by 400% for private schools and 250% for public schools, adjusted for inflation (1). Once educated, there is a contention that physicians’ income is unfairly distributed and that there are disparities between generalists and specialists (2–5). It has also been suggested that physicians’ income is too high in general (6).
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Sebel, P.S. (1999). Economics of Anesthesia Education. In: Stanley, T.H., Egan, T.D. (eds) Anesthesia for the New Millennium. Developments in Critical Care Medicine and Anesthesiology, vol 34. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4566-4_29
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