• Of the doctors responding to the survey, all those who reported grossing more than $860,000 in '97 made even more in '98.

• Doctors on salary averaged much lower net income than independents. Almost all the salaried doctors who responded netted $250,000 or less; nearly half the independents took home more than that.

For more information, refer to the original article in the March 1999 issue of Ophthalmology Management.