Table 1 General payments received by orthopedic and non-orthopedic surgeons, including total value, total number, and median value (inter-quartile range (IQR)) per capita, stratified by payment type, 2014–2017
From: Impact of US industry payment disclosure laws on payments to surgeons: a natural experiment
Total number of physicians | Total number of payments | Median number of payments (IQR) | Total value of payments, US $ | Median value of payments, $ (IQR) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Orthopedic surgeons | |||||
Overall payments | |||||
2014 | 21,685 | 248,698 | 5 (2–13) | $97,063,276.39 | $246.71 ($67.45–$1290.61) |
2015 | 21,521 | 245,935 | 5 (2–13) | $97,888,851.41 | $254.09 ($69.12–$1408.72) |
2016 | 20,690 | 254,830 | 5 (2–15) | $112,789,015.27 | $303.88 ($80.24–$1776.13) |
2017 | 21,577 | 241,966 | 5 (2–13) | $110,220,761.71 | $301.08 ($81.94–$1714.61) |
Food and beverages | |||||
2014 | 17,189 | 177,316 | 4 (2–12) | $7,455,902.20 | $158.21 ($56.69–$411.23) |
2015 | 17,470 | 173,938 | 4 (1–11) | $7,565,086.02 | $159.42 ($55.00–$416.11) |
2016 | 16,553 | 177,890 | 4 (1–13) | $7,834,719.11 | $175.88 ($61.76–$458.98) |
2017 | 17,302 | 169,440 | 4 (1–12) | $7,837,407.12 | $171.50 ($61.02–$429.39) |
Other sources | |||||
2014 | 4393 | 71,382 | 7 (2–18) | $89,607,374.19 | $1000.00 ($264.55–$3381.03) |
2015 | 4051 | 71,997 | 9 (3–21) | $90,323,765.39 | $1166.71 ($389.52–$4000.00) |
2016 | 4137 | 76,940 | 10 (4–22) | $104,954,296.16 | $1483.99 ($499.98–$5250.00) |
2017 | 4275 | 72,526 | 9 (3–19) | $102,383,354.60 | $1510.19 ($594.98–$4940.34) |
Non-orthopedic surgeons | |||||
Overall payments | |||||
2014 | 60,164 | 604,884 | 4 (1–11) | $159,424,078.85 | $170.63 ($51.60 - $774.88) |
2015 | 59,167 | 610,441 | 4 (1–11) | $155,953,207.62 | $185.93 ($52.50–$920.10) |
2016 | 62,424 | 617,390 | 4 (1–11) | $161,997,987.22 | $175.32 ($54.18–$886.37) |
2017 | 56,899 | 582,490 | 4 (1–19) | $159,232,117.91 | $188.25 ($57.74–$964.48) |
Food and beverages | |||||
2014 | 52,308 | 477,413 | 4 (1–10) | $19,974,145.33 | $141.26 ($48.17–$369.92) |
2015 | 51,375 | 480,997 | 4 (1–10) | $21,250,207.93 | $145.80 ($46.86–$401.70) |
2016 | 54,010 | 490,306 | 3 (1–10) | $22,553,812.03 | $140.85 ($48.80–$394.76) |
2017 | 49,718 | 457,736 | 3 (1–10) | $21,261,169.59 | $147.61 ($51.52–$396.73) |
Other sources | |||||
2014 | 7822 | 127,471 | 7 (2–18) | $139,449,933.52 | $1023.66 ($235.58–$3750.00) |
2015 | 7792 | 129,444 | 7 (2–18) | $134,702,999.68 | $1071.71 ($331.01–$3472.50) |
2016 | 7414 | 127,084 | 8 (3–18) | $139,444,175.20 | $1183.30 ($416.44–$4020.81) |
2017 | 7181 | 124,754 | 8 (3–20) | $137,970,948.33 | $1250.14 ($486.66–$4460.53) |