Table 5. Participation of attendings in activities and acceptance of gifts from industry stratified by specialty.

	Internal Medicine and subspecialties	Surgery and subspecialties	Pediatrics	Obstetrics and gynecology	Anesthesiology
Monthly encounters with pharmaceutical representatives
<5 encounters	5 (16.1%)	5 (23.8%)	0 (0%)	3 (23.1%)	11 (91.7%)
≥5 encounters	26 (83.9%)	16 (76.2%)	14 (100%)	10 (76.9%)	1 (8.3%)
Number of occasions in which medical samples are received per month
<5 occasions	7 (22.6%)	7 (33.3%)	0 (0%)	3 (23.1%)	12 (100%)
≥5 occasions	24 (77.4%)	14 (66.7%)	14 (100%)	10 (76.9%)	0 (0%)
Receiving promotional material affects prescribing behavior	12 (38.7%)	5 (25%)*	2 (14.3%)	3 (23.1%)	7 (58.3%)
Receiving medical samples affects prescribing behavior	14 (45.2%)	9 (42.8%)	2 (14.3%)	5 (38.5%)	9 (75%)
Receiving gifts not related to medical practice valued at <US$50 affects prescribing behavior	11 (35.5%)	5 (23.8%)	2 (14.3%)	4 (30.8%)	6 (50%)
Funding of registration costs to conferences affects prescribing behavior	17 (54.8%)	10 (47.6%)	3 (21.4%)	5 (38.5%)	8 (66.7%)

*One participant did not answer that question.