Table 3.
Characteristics of oncology specialists and pharmaceutical company payments received in 2016, according to the monetary value of the payments
| Variable | High-payment group (1 million yen (£6800) or more) (n=142) | Low-payment group (1 yen–1 million yen (£6800)) (n=621) | No-payment group (0 yen (n=317) |
| Characteristics of oncology specialists | |||
| Sex (N, %) | |||
| Men | 133 (93.7) | 555 (89.4) | 219 (69.1) |
| Women | 9 (6.3) | 66 (10.6) | 98 (30.9) |
| Working institutions (N, %) | |||
| University hospitals | 75 (52.8) | 248 (39.9) | 119 (37.5) |
| Cancer hospitals | 40 (28.2) | 98 (15.8) | 45 (14.2) |
| Other types of institutions | 27 (19.0) | 275 (44.3) | 153 (48.3) |
| Working regions (N, %) | |||
| Hokkaido | 4 (2.8) | 37 (6.0) | 11 (3.5) |
| Tohoku | 11 (7.8) | 30 (4.8) | 17 (5.4) |
| Kanto | 45 (31.7) | 162 (26.1) | 95 (30.0) |
| Chubu | 23 (16.2) | 113 (18.2) | 58 (18.3) |
| Kinki | 29 (20.4) | 108 (17.4) | 71 (22.4) |
| Chugoku | 9 (6.3) | 60 (9.7) | 19 (6.0) |
| Shikoku | 5 (3.5) | 31 (5.0) | 7 (2.2) |
| Kyushu | 16 (11.3) | 80 (12.9) | 39 (12.3) |
| Year of certification (N, %) | |||
| 2006 | 22 (15.5) | 21 (3.4) | 2 (0.6) |
| 2007 | 15 (10.6) | 46 (7.4) | 16 (5.1) |
| 2008 | 19 (13.4) | 38 (6.1) | 14 (4.4) |
| 2009 | 19 (13.4) | 56 (9.0) | 23 (7.3) |
| 2010 | 23 (16.2) | 80 (12.9) | 30 (9.5) |
| 2011 | 16 (11.3) | 73 (11.8) | 41 (12.9) |
| 2012 | 9 (6.3) | 72 (11.6) | 43 (13.6) |
| 2013 | 9 (6.3) | 79 (12.7) | 55 (17.4) |
| 2014 | 5 (3.5) | 65 (10.5) | 28 (8.8) |
| 2015 | 2 (1.4) | 51 (8.2) | 32 (10.1) |
| 2016 | 3 (2.1) | 40 (6.4) | 33 (10.4) |
| Specialty (N, %) | |||
| Respirology | 55 (38.7) | 165 (26.6) | 65 (20.5) |
| Gastroenterology | 33 (23.2) | 178 (28.7) | 67 (21.1) |
| Haematology | 28 (19.7) | 139 (22.4) | 83 (26.2) |
| Breast | 16 (11.3) | 34 (5.5) | 22 (6.9) |
| Head and neck | 3 (2.1) | 4 (0.6) | 5 (1.6) |
| Gynaecology | 0 (0.0) | 5 (0.8) | 5 (1.6) |
| Urology | 1 (0.7) | 6 (1.0) | 2 (0.6) |
| Dermatology | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.3) |
| Other or undetermined | 6 (4.2) | 89 (14.3) | 67 (21.1) |
| Characteristics of pharmaceutical payments | |||
| Total payments | |||
| Total value of payments (¥ (£)) | 418 345 258 (2 832 398) | 167 108 056 (1 131 402) | |
| Total count of payment | 4466 | 2859 | |
| Type of payments (¥ (£), %) | |||
| Speaking | 327 075 925 (2 214 461), 78.2 | 140 726 765 (952 788), 84.2 | |
| Consulting | 73 870 218 (500 137), 17.7 | 20 812 589 (140 911), 12.5 | |
| Writing | 17 053 868 (115 463), 4.1 | 5 212 318 (35 290), 3.1 | |
| Missing | 345 247 (2337), 0.1 | 356 384 (2413), 0.2 | |
| Payments per individual specialist | |||
| Median monetary value (¥ (£), IQR) | 2 269 622 (15 366) (1 439 448 (9746)–3 681 775 (24 927)) | 171 086 (1158) (89 096 (603)–380 886 (2579)) | |
| Median count (IQR) | 24 (19–38) | 3 (2–6) | |
| Monetary value of payments according to specialties (¥ (£), %) | |||
| Respirology | 169 761 707 (1 149 368), 40.6 | 47 044 815 (318 516), 28.2 | |
| Gastroenterology | 92 334 612 (625 150), 22.1 | 47 335 590 (320 485), 28.3 | |
| Haematology | 81 963 421 (554 932), 19.6 | 37 256 292 (252 243), 22.3 | |
| Breast | 42 090 455 (284 973), 10.1 | 7 197 206 (48 729), 4.3 | |
| Head and neck | 8 689 962 (58 835), 2.1 | 523 439 (3544), 0.3 | |
| Gynaecology | 0 (0), 0 | 570 533 (3 863), 0.3 | |
| Urology | 5 527 458 (37 424), 1.3 | 2 334 827 (15 808), 1.4 | |
| Dermatology | 0 (0), 0 | 562 502 (3 808), 0.3 | |
| Other or undetermined | 17 977 643 (121 717), 4.3 | 24 262 852 (164 and 271), 14.5 |
We converted Japanese yen to pound sterling (£), using the average monthly exchange rate for 2016, namely 147.7 yen per £1.