Chiropractor, sole practitioner vs medical staff physician

The differences between chiropractors, sole practitioner and medical staff physicians can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 1-2 years to become a chiropractor, sole practitioner, becoming a medical staff physician takes usually requires 2-4 years. Additionally, a medical staff physician has an average salary of $206,686, which is higher than the $96,749 average annual salary of a chiropractor, sole practitioner.

The top three skills for a chiropractor, sole practitioner include litigation, real estate transactions and probate. The most important skills for a medical staff physician are patients, healthcare, and patient care.

Chiropractor, sole practitioner vs medical staff physician overview

	Chiropractor, Sole Practitioner	Medical Staff Physician
Yearly salary	$96,749	$206,686
Hourly rate	$46.51	$99.37
Growth rate	40%	7%
Number of jobs	23,120	150,445
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Doctoral Degree, 50%	Bachelor's Degree, 32%
Average age	43	48
Years of experience	2	4

Chiropractor, sole practitioner vs medical staff physician salary

Chiropractors, sole practitioner and medical staff physicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Chiropractor, Sole Practitioner	Medical Staff Physician
Average salary	$96,749	$206,686
Salary range	Between $54,000 And $170,000	Between $128,000 And $332,000
Highest paying City	-	Fargo, ND
Highest paying state	-	Vermont
Best paying company	-	Union Hospital of Cecil County
Best paying industry	-	Health Care

Differences between chiropractor, sole practitioner and medical staff physician education

There are a few differences between a chiropractor, sole practitioner and a medical staff physician in terms of educational background:

	Chiropractor, Sole Practitioner	Medical Staff Physician
Most common degree	Doctoral Degree, 50%	Bachelor's Degree, 32%
Most common major	Law	Medicine
Most common college	Stanford University	Duke University

Chiropractor, sole practitioner vs medical staff physician demographics

Here are the differences between chiropractors, sole practitioner' and medical staff physicians' demographics:

	Chiropractor, Sole Practitioner	Medical Staff Physician
Average age	43	48
Gender ratio	Male, 63.2% Female, 36.8%	Male, 38.7% Female, 61.3%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 4.7% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 6.7% Asian, 6.3% White, 77.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	Black or African American, 5.3% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 9.8% Asian, 19.0% White, 61.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	12%	13%

Differences between chiropractor, sole practitioner and medical staff physician duties and responsibilities

Chiropractor, sole practitioner example responsibilities.

Participate in arbitration and mediation efforts.
Provide consultation and advice to agency regarding human resource matters and assist with civil service appeals.
Litigate cases involving complex federal governmental statutory benefits programs such as ERISA and Medicare.

Medical staff physician example responsibilities.

Manage catheters and dress wounds.
Assist nursing leadership with ICU and telemetry bed triage at times of high census.
Experience with Medicare and Medicaid regulations, billing requirements, collections, and HIPAA and compliance rules.Experience working with informational systems.
Prepare necessary correspondence that is related to medical records of patients including sending lab results to outside physicians/hospitals.
Provide overall quality prenatal health care, gynecological services, patient triage, refer patients with complications, provide patient education service
Determine and provide medication, dosage and schedule having patient's condition and allergies.

Chiropractor, sole practitioner vs medical staff physician skills

Common chiropractor, sole practitioner skills

Litigation, 18%
Real Estate Transactions, 9%
Probate, 5%
Bench Trials, 5%
Financial Statements, 4%
Estate Planning, 3%

Common medical staff physician skills

Patients, 37%
Healthcare, 15%
Patient Care, 9%
Primary Care, 5%
Internal Medicine, 5%
Epic, 4%

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