Table 2. Industry Payments Received by Residents and PDs.
| Residents | No. (%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OS (n = 4382) | Urology (n = 1776) | GS (n = 9092) | OBGYN (n = 5774) | FM (n = 14 362) | IM (n = 29 990) | Total (N = 65 376)a | |
| Residents with payments | 1709 (39.0) | 628 (35.4) | 1171 (12.9) | 734 (12.7) | 1817 (12.7) | 2691 (9.0) | 8750 (13.4) |
| Residents receiving in total >$1000, No. (% of total [% of recipients]) | 691 (15.8 [40.4]) | 28 (1.6 [4.5]) | 48 (0.5 [4.1]) | 2 (<0.5 [<0.5]) | 5 (<0.5 [<0.5]) | 6 (<0.5 [<0.5]) | 780 (1.2 [8.9]) |
| Total value of industry payments to residents, $ | 2 236 741.70 | 910 218.10 | 311 374.32 | 68 110.34 | 155 390.75 | 288 588.09 | 3 970 423.30 |
| Per-resident gift for those who received, median (IQR), $ | 526.32 (131.20-1400.75) | 115.06 (43.27-225.33) | 81.33 (24.49-190.77) | 33.34 (17.68-103.16) | 32.50 (16.78-80.58) | 39.61 (18.52-117.09) | 64.40 (21.04-193.68) |
| Items as payment, No. | 7860 | 2230 | 3175 | 1223 | 4648 | 7390 | 26 526 |
| Value of each payment to residents who received, median (IQR) [range], $ | 112.75 (68.61-274.37) [0.91-20 000.00] | 44.17 (26.91-69.05) [5.03-50 000.00] | 34.06 (18.31-87.78) [2.45-25 000.00] | 22.05 (17.26-54.83) [7.86-5200.00] | 17.06 (15.22-22.34) [6.16-10 000.00] | 19.36 (16.00-27.55) [0.79-46 874.86] | 31.27 (17.47-89.42) [0.79-50 000.00] |
| PDs, No. | 213 | 154 | 369 | 320 | 775 | 635 | 2466b |
| PDs with industry payments | 153 (71.8) | 96 (62.3) | 196 (53.1) | 131 (40.9) | 219 (28.3) | 181 (28.5) | 976 (39.6) |
| PDs receiving payments in total >$1000, No. (% of total) [% of recipients] | 75 (35.2) [49.0] | 18 (11.7) [18.8] | 46 (12.5) [23.5] | 23 (7.2) [17.6] | 27 (3.5) [12.3] | 21 (3.3) [11.6] | 211 (8.5) [21.5] |
| Total value of payments to PDs, $ | 4 116 497.44 | 179 574.42 | 363 608.67 | 185 816.66 | 119 710.49 | 260 838.54 | 5 226 046.22 |
| Per-PD gift for those who received, median (IQR), $ | 980.48 (151.62-4060.27) | 141.27 (39.08-839.2) | 127.21 (44.93-889.93) | 91.5 (30.63-300.42) | 62.08 (19.85-240.85) | 96.83 (25.41-348.3) | 119.55 (35.76-614.21) |
| Items as payment, No. | 1794 | 896 | 1032 | 727 | 2611 | 2642 | 9702 |
| Value of each payment to PDs who received, median (IQR) [range], $ | 69.00 (19.13-450.94) [0.17-41 8127.10] | 18.54 (14.21-43.24) [0.28-10 575.00] | 24.99 (15.72-93.29) [0.45-11 000.00] | 19.85 (14.84-61.02) [0.56-4000.00] | 14.93 (12.62-18.48) [0.33-3700.00] | 15.89 (12.78-21.01) [0.24-6930.00] | 17.68 (13.55-33.68) [0.17-418 127.1] |
| Programs whose PDs received industry payment | 149 (74.9) | 95 (65.5) | 195 (59.5) | 130 (45.8) | 219 (32.3) | 178 (32.5) | 966 (44.3) |
| Total value of payments to specialty programs, $ | 4 116 497.44 | 179 574.42 | 363 608.67 | 185 816.66 | 119 710.49 | 260 838.54 | 5 226 046.22 |
| Per-program PD payments, median (IQR) [range], $ | 1000.00 (162.82-4717.00) [13.11-1 921 199.12] | 138.95 (38.32-845.65) [3.82-83 506.42] | 129.48 (46.13-899.96) [5.88-24 984.95] | 93.01 (30.19-267.87) [11.43-72 600.89] | 62.44 (18.99-255.50) [9.54-16 688.12] | 96.87 (25.07-368.47) [11.44-54 843.31] | 123.92 (35.30-654.46) [3.82-1 921 199.12] |
Abbreviations: FM, family medicine; GS, general surgery; IM, internal medicine; OBGYN, obstetrics and gynecology; OS, orthopedic surgery; PD, program director.
a
Out of the 65 992 residents, 616 had missing or duplicate NPIs. Thus, 65 376 residents were used for reporting.
b
Out of the 2514 PDs, 48 had missing or duplicate NPIs. Thus, 2466 PDs were considered for reporting.