Figure. Total Per-Physician Value by Sex Across All Medical Specialties.

A, Total per-physician value of general payments by physician sex across all medical specialties. General payments include payments from service fees, charity, speaker fees, consulting fees, ownership interests, education, entertainment, food and beverage, gifts, grants, and honoraria. B, Total per-physician value of ownership interests by physician sex across all medical specialties. Ownership interests include stocks or stock options, partnership shares, limited liability company membership, bonds, or other financial instruments secured by the reporting entity that were held by physicians. Excluded from ownership interest were payments received as compensation (until exercised), as part of a retirement plan, or interest in a publicly traded security or mutual fund.

^aIndicates women physicians received a higher per-physician value of ownership interests compared with men physicians within that specialty.