Table 1.
Physician specialty and average number of claims per physician, 3-month period, January-March 2011
| Specialty | Number of Physicians | Number of claims | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Mean | Median | IQR25 | IQR75 | ||
| Total | 6,601 | 7,120,483 | 1,079 | 865 | 359 | 1,493 |
| Family medicine | 3,449 | 4,585,486 | 1,330 | 1,161 | 600 | 1,804 |
| Internal medicine | 795 | 548,523 | 690 | 546 | 285 | 934 |
| Neurology | 106 | 43,335 | 409 | 332 | 226 | 495 |
| Obstetrics and Gynecology | 176 | 195,078 | 1,108 | 1,106 | 504 | 1,455 |
| Pediatrics | 382 | 196,968 | 516 | 330 | 135 | 689 |
| Psychiatry | 395 | 358,956 | 909 | 691 | 295 | 1,344 |
| Radiology | 261 | 34,164 | 131 | 68 | 22 | 177 |
| Surgery | 462 | 333,774 | 722 | 690 | 381 | 952 |
| Others | 575 | 824,199 | 1,433 | 1,078 | 591 | 1,679 |