Physician fees: tale of 2 countries CMAJ 1997;157:134 The article "MD fees much higher in US" (CMAJ 1997;156:960 [full text / texte complet]) included a table that detailed some of the discrepancies in medical fees between the US and Canada. However, author Lynda Buske did not include the specialty of diagnostic imaging. I am well aware of gross differences between the 2 countries in fees for our specialty as well. This article prompted me to contact a colleague who graduated from a Canadian residency program at the same time as I did and now works in Charleston, Ill. From information supplied by my colleague and from the 1992 fee schedule of the Ontario Health Insurance Plan, I have pieced together an addendum to the table (Table 1). Once again, the numbers reveal what an incredible bargain the Ontario Ministry of Health is getting from the physicians of Ontario; in this case, Ontario radiologists. Michael K. McLennan, BSc, MD Markham Stouffville Hospital Markham, Ont. Send a letter to the editor responding to this letter Envoyez une lettre à la rédaction au sujet de cette lettre | CMAJ July 15, 1997 (vol 157, no 2) / JAMC le 15 juillet 1997 (vol 157, no 2) |