Table 1: Industry Payments by Category.
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 |