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Not sure if it takes into account -- cost of medical school (some countries subsidize heavily), # of hours worked, scope of primary care, etc, but...http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/15/how-much-do-doctors-in-other-countries-make/

How Much Do Doctors in Other Countries Make?

By CATHERINE RAMPELL Source: Congressional Research Service analysis; see notes in table belowsnip/snip

One way to compare cross-country data is to adjust the salaries for  purchasing-power parity

— that is, adjusting the numbers so that $1,000 of salary buys the same

amount of goods and services in every country, providing a general

sense of a physician’s standard of living in each nation.

These numbers are in the second, fourth and sixth columns of the chart below.

They show that American general practitioners and nurses earn more than their counterparts in other developed countries, and  American specialists are close to the top of the pack.

snip/snipMore at the website. Locke, MD