Medscape’s compensation survey included more than 19,200 physicians in more than 27 specialties, including orthopedics.
Orthopedics noted how often they discussed cost of treatment with their patients:
• Regularly — 33 percent
• Occasionally — 50 percent
• Never — 12 percent
• Not applicable — 5 percent
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