Table 5.

Nature of payments to all surgeons in 2019 and 2020, and relative differences in US dollars

Specialty	Total payments in 2019	Total payments in 2020	Relative difference	p value
Charitable contribution	14,477.84	23,366.18	61.39	0.402
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program	5,350,378.69	1,692,692.88	− 68.36	0.0322
Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a non-accredited and noncertified continuing education program	83,150.61	42,900.00	− 48.41	0.2675
Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for an accredited or certified continuing education program	58,150.00	22,534.00	− 61.25	< 0.0001
Consulting fee	6,949,269.82	4,537,770.68	− 34.70	< 0.0001
Current or prospective ownership or investment interest	753,400.00	730,000.00	− 3.11	Not estimable
Education	156,786.70	108,813.68	− 30.60	0.9557
Entertainment	2,317.66	817.82	− 64.71	0.0033
Food and beverage	2,642,620.28	1,127,276.60	− 57.34	< 0.0001
Gift	4,074,952.29	440,842.83	− 89.18	< 0.0001
Grant	187,184.99	697,377.52	272.56	0.2909
Honoraria	300,321.68	252,684.07	− 15.86	< 0.0001
Royalty or license	25,037,466.43	23,252,352.68	− 7.13	0.8599
Travel and lodging	2,319,275.88	389,809.20	− 83.19	< 0.0001

P value generated from Mann–Whitney U test