Characteristics of employment and economic remuneration in the practice of Rheumatology in different districts of Argentina
Keywords:
Rheumatology, employment, remuneration, Argentina
Abstract
Introduction: Rheumatology is a clinical specialty with high demand and great inequality in its practice throughout Latin America and our country. Objectives: to describe the state of the practice of Rheumatology in our country. Materials and methods: cross-sectional observational study that collected information through an online survey distributed by email and through a QR code in the 54th Argentine Congress of Rheumatology. Results:127 responses were received. Eighty-six (67.7%) were women, with a median age of 45 years. One hundred thirteen (89%) were specialists in Rheumatology, with 20 years (IQR 14-28) in the practice of medicine and 13 years (IQR 6.5-20) in the specialty. The 55.5% worked in both the public and private spheres, 38.6% only in the private sphere and 7.6% only in the public sphere. Of the total, 84.3% worked in 2 or more locations, with 21.2% working in 4 or more. In 60 (59.8%), the monthly remuneration was between 100,000 to 249,000 pesos (U$S: 501.68-1249.18) and in 27 (23.1%) it was less than 100,000 pesos (US$ 501.68). Conclusions: Our study shows that a high percentage of professionals who work in multiple places. One-fifth of respondents had low pay.References
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2024-03-26
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Eraña F, Ibáñez Zurlo L, de la Torre ML, Benavente E, Buschiazzo E, Kisluk B, Berbotto G, De La Vega MC. Characteristics of employment and economic remuneration in the practice of Rheumatology in different districts of Argentina. Rev. Argent. Reumatol. [Internet]. 2024Mar.26 [cited 2024Sep.8];35(1):17 -20. Available from: https://ojs.reumatologia.org.ar/index.php/revistaSAR/article/view/807
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