Table 1: Industry Payments by Category.

This table describes the amount paid to all transplant surgeons by payment category, the median (IQR) of individual payments, the number of surgeons that received payments in each category, the h-indices median (IQR) of surgeons that were paid versus not paid in that particular category. The last column compares the h-indices of paid versus unpaid transplant surgeon. H-indices were higher among transplant surgeons who were paid for: consulting, travel and lodging, and food and speaker-CEP.

Payment Category	Total Payment (%)	Median (IQR) of Payments	Number of Surgeons Paid (%)	H-index of Paid Surgeons	H-index of un-paid Surgeons	H-index paid vs. unpaid p-value
Consulting	$314,448 (41%)	$2,000 ($1,500-$3,563)	36 (12%)	20 (10–35)	9 (3–17)	< 0.001
Travel & lodging	$131,641 (17%)	$222 ($79-$470)	24 (23%)	15 (7–33)	8 (3–17)	< 0.001
Speaker non-CEP	$118,264 (15%)	$562 ($36-$2075)	27(9%)	12 (5–26)	9 (3–19)	0.28
Food & beverage	$54,995 (7%)	$24 ($13-$88)	269(90%)	9 (3–18)	15.0 (6–23)	0.2
Speaker-CEP	$53,124 (7%)	$2,500 ($1,500-$2500)	11 (4%)	25 (11–36)	9 (3–18)	0.02
Honorarium	$38,400 (5%)	$2,000 ($2,000-$2,400)	7 (2%)	20 (6–32)	10 (3–19)	0.28
Education	$33,776 (4%)	$85 ($24-$750)	40 (13%)	8 (3– 20)	10 (3–20)	0.69
Entertainment	$216 (<0.5%)	$68 ($39-$103)	3 (0.1%)	15 (12–24)	10 (3–20)	0.30
Gifts	$94 (<0.5%)	$28 ($23-$28)	3 (0.1%)	2 (1–3)	10 (4–20)	0.13