Table 1.

Number and dollar value of payments to physicians for two classes of drugs studied, by physician and payment type

Payments	Oral anticoagulants			Non-insulin diabetes drugs
	No (%)	Sum $ (%)		No (%)	Sum $ (%)
Overall payments	977 407	61 026 140		1 787 884	108 417 616
Payments by physician type:
Specialists	306 801 (31)	36 172 546 (59)		199 482 (11)	59 900 148 (55)
Non-specialists	670 606 (69)	24 853 593 (41)		1 588 402 (89)	48 517 467 (45)
Payment type:
For speaker fees, consulting fees, honorariums, travel costs, and non-research grants	33 267 (3)	43 773 562 (72)		74 368 (4)	77 477 450 (71)
For food and beverages, gifts, or educational materials	944 140 (97)	17 252 578 (28)		1 713 516 (96)	30 940 165 (29)