Table 2. Monetary Value of Industry Payments to Radiation Oncologists in 2016.
| Category | No. of Payments (%) | US $ | Median Difference Between the Sexes (95% CI), US $ | P Value for Median | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Payments (%) | Median Payments (IQR) | Maximum Payments | ||||
| Alla | ||||||
| All | 25 700 | 9 744 992.8 | 16.85 (26.21) | −0.88 (−1.20 to −0.56) | ||
| Female | 4581 (17.82) | 479 561.4 (4.9) | 16.14 (11.44) | 50 000.00 | NA | <.001 |
| Male | 21 119 (82.18) | 9 265 431.4 (95.1) | 17.02 (31.99) | 83 694.30 | NA | |
| Research | ||||||
| All | 29 | 208 005.10 | 45.38 (450.70) | −135.02 (−476.93 to 6.88) | ||
| Female | 6 (20.7) | 349.24 (0.2) | 38.74 (12.25) | 177.20 | NA | .08 |
| Male | 23 (79.3) | 207 655.90 (99.8) | 177.20 (963.01) | 191 972.20 | NA | |
| Consulting | ||||||
| All | 369 | 2 745 242.00 | 3000.00 (5050.00) | −1000 (−1966.67 to 100.63) | ||
| Female | 30 (8.1) | 65 951.00 (2.4) | 2000.00 (2537.50) | 6000.00 | NA | .005 |
| Male | 339 (91.9) | 2 679 291.00 (97.6) | 3000.00 (5239.50) | 198 082.00 | NA | |
| Honoraria | ||||||
| All | 228 | 466 154.00 | 2000.00 (1300.00) | −500 (−1071.43 to 0) | ||
| Female | 29 (12.7) | 42 616.16 (9.1) | 1500.00 (1250.00) | 4000.00 | NA | .007 |
| Male | 199 (87.3) | 423 537.8 (90.9) | 2000.00 (1009.59) | 13 163.00 | NA | |
| Industry grants | ||||||
| All | 21 | 2 467 906.00 | 50 160.00 (59 500.00) | −2646.14 (−52 000 to 7500) | ||
| Female | 2 (9.5) | 99 400.00 (4.0) | 49 700.00 (300.00) | 50 000.00 | NA | NA |
| Male | 19 (90.5) | 2 368 506 (96.0) | 52 646.14 (82 600.00) | 836 394.30 | NA | |
| Royalty or license | ||||||
| All | 72 | 1 347 509.00 | 1272.75 (11 896.24) | −1272.75 (NA) | ||
| Female | 0 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Male | 72 (100.0) | 1 347 509.00 (100.0) | 1272.75 (11 896.24) | 214 785.50 | NA | |
| Other services | ||||||
| All | 340 | 949 672.40 | 2200.00 (2681.75) | −900 (−1550 to 1800) | ||
| Female | 17 (5.0) | 38 694.84 (4.1) | 1300.00 (3125.00) | 6500.00 | NA | .30 |
| Male | 323 (95.0) | 910 977.50 (95.9) | 2200.00 (2548.75) | 35 579.00 | NA | |
| Education | ||||||
| All | 211 | 18 628.19 | 15.91 (32.82) | −2.18 (−6.14 to 3.84) | ||
| Female | 35 (16.6) | 1177.19 (6.3) | 13.98 (14.03) | 150.00 | NA | .42 |
| Male | 176 (83.4) | 17 451.00 (93.7) | 16.58 (35.59) | 7280.00 | NA | |
| Entertainment | ||||||
| All | 24 | 887.91 | 23.6 (30.74) | −11.26 (−30.74 to 23.86) | ||
| Female | 3 (12.5) | 66.05 (7.4) | 12.53 (16.51) | 43.27 | NA | .38 |
| Male | 21 (87.5) | 821.86 (92.6) | 23.79 (30.74) | 153.75 | NA | |
| Food and beverage | ||||||
| All | 22 734 | 688 169.70 | 15.84 (10.34) | −0.12 (−0.42 to 0.09) | ||
| Female | 4293 (18.9) | 126 908.2 (18.4) | 15.75 (9.36) | 512.72 | NA | .91 |
| Male | 18 441 (81.1) | 561 261.5 (81.6) | 15.87 (10.58) | 2306.00 | NA | |
| Travel and lodging | ||||||
| All | 1655 | 843 809.9 | 200.0 (380.16) | 19.43 (−36.07 to 83.66) | ||
| Female | 163 (9.8) | 104 088.2 (12.3) | 216.31 (368.03) | 7935.10 | NA | .15 |
| Male | 1492 (90.2) | 739 721.7 (87.7) | 196.84 (383.20) | 12 497.16 | NA | |
Abbreviations: IQR, interquartile range; NA, not applicable.
a
All is the sum of the 14 payment categories. Individuals can be assigned to more than 1 type of payment, and not all payment types are listed. Therefore, the total numbers of female and male radiation oncologists do not reflect the total numbers in Table 1.