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BAP 6B(2):6-10 (1950)

An Inquiry into Certain Statistics of Psychoanalytic Practice in the United States*

Author: Lawrences S. Kubie MD

Abstract

(Editor's Note: This is a summary of an interesting and valuable study undertaken by Dr. Kubie. The full paper will be published elsewhere at a future date.)

Replies concerning fees were received from 42.5 percent of all members in private practice, with variations of between 34 percent of all members in one area to 94 percent in another. Replies concerning age and sex distribution were received from 49 percent of all members throughout the country.
The lowest percentage of replies were received from areas with the highest level of fees; and vice versa. How this affects the validity of the statistics is problematical.
Median average fees ranged from $11.30 per session in one area to $18.20 per session in another, with a median average for the country as a whole of $14.50.
The median average charges by students varied in different centers from $5.25 per session to $14.75.
Ten percent of all patients are analyzed for fees lower than $10.00 per session. More than 41 percent are analyzed for less than $15.00 per session; 77 percent for less than $20.00 per session; 89 percent for less than $25.00; 97 percent for less than $35.00; 99 percent for less than $40.00.
The number of analytic sessions given to each patient per week varies from between 2 and 3 sessions per week in certain areas to 5 sessions per week in others; with an over-all average of just under 4 sessions per week.
Gross analytic incomes ranged from $10,000 to $50,000 a year; 14 percent of all analysts earning under $10,000; 37 percent earning $11,000 to $20,000; 38 percent earning $21,000 to $30,000; 7 percent earning $31,000 to $40,000; 3 percent earning $41,000; to $50,000; 1 percent earning over $50,000. The figures for the country-wide variations are given.
1. * Read at the Mid-winter meeting of the American Psychoanalytic Assn. in New York, N. Y., December, 1949.
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* Read at the Mid-winter meeting of the American Psychoanalytic Assn. in New York, N. Y., December, 1949.

BAP 6B(2):6-10 (1950)

An Inquiry into Certain Statistics of Psychoanalytic Practice in the United States*

Author: Lawrences S. Kubie MD

Abstract

(Editor's Note: This is a summary of an interesting and valuable study undertaken by Dr. Kubie. The full paper will be published elsewhere at a future date.)

Replies concerning fees were received from 42.5 percent of all members in private practice, with variations of between 34 percent of all members in one area to 94 percent in another. Replies concerning age and sex distribution were received from 49 percent of all members throughout the country.
The lowest percentage of replies were received from areas with the highest level of fees; and vice versa. How this affects the validity of the statistics is problematical.
Median average fees ranged from $11.30 per session in one area to $18.20 per session in another, with a median average for the country as a whole of $14.50.
The median average charges by students varied in different centers from $5.25 per session to $14.75.
Ten percent of all patients are analyzed for fees lower than $10.00 per session. More than 41 percent are analyzed for less than $15.00 per session; 77 percent for less than $20.00 per session; 89 percent for less than $25.00; 97 percent for less than $35.00; 99 percent for less than $40.00.
The number of analytic sessions given to each patient per week varies from between 2 and 3 sessions per week in certain areas to 5 sessions per week in others; with an over-all average of just under 4 sessions per week.
Gross analytic incomes ranged from $10,000 to $50,000 a year; 14 percent of all analysts earning under $10,000; 37 percent earning $11,000 to $20,000; 38 percent earning $21,000 to $30,000; 7 percent earning $31,000 to $40,000; 3 percent earning $41,000; to $50,000; 1 percent earning over $50,000. The figures for the country-wide variations are given.
1. * Read at the Mid-winter meeting of the American Psychoanalytic Assn. in New York, N. Y., December, 1949.
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* Read at the Mid-winter meeting of the American Psychoanalytic Assn. in New York, N. Y., December, 1949.