The hospital had replaced a group of highly regarded private anesthesiologists with far less experienced salaried physicians.
An A.M.A. survey found that 88 percent of doctors favored salaried physicians organizing to negotiate with hospitals and managed-care organizations.
Employers said the lowest prices in Minneapolis were offered by Group Health Inc., which has a staff of 330 salaried physicians.
The bimaristan had a staff of salaried physicians and a well equipped dispensary.
For lack of enough replies from New York companies, the bureau could not produce reliable wage estimates for salaried physicians, lawyers, judges, top executives and securities brokers.
The rest are the full-time salaried physicians who provide virtually all the medical care at the medical center.
About 40,000 of these salaried physicians are already unionized.
About 2,800 full-time salaried physicians and researchers and 11,000 nurses represent 120 medical specialties and subspecialties.
Andrew L. Stern, president of the service employees union, said it would make a big push to unionize not just interns and residents, but also salaried physicians.
We at Parker have about 40 salaried physicians on staff.