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Table 1 Total payments and payments per physician by specialty

From: Characteristics of physicians receiving large payments from pharmaceutical companies and the accuracy of their disclosures in publications: an observational study

Specialty

Number of physicians

Total payments (in USD)

Mean payment per physician (Standard Deviation) (In USD)

Primary care

145

21,286,443

146,803 ( 44,767)

 Family medicine

28

3,635,749

129,848 (35,017)

 Pediatrics

2

244,800

122,400 (18,243)

 Internal medicine

115

17,405,894

151,356 (52,078)

Specialty medicine

75

10,955,643

146,075 ( 38,979)

 Allergy and Immunology

15

2,384,175

158,945 (34,934)

 Cardiovascular disease

6

916,441

152,740 (35,098)

 Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism

10

1,432,020

143,202 (36,229)

 Hematology

3

374,300

124,767 (21,104)

 Neurology

14

2,154,235

153,874 (52,078)

 Obstetrics and gynecology

14

1,795,064

128,219 (26,031)

 Oncology

1

240,150

240,150 (0)

 Pain Medicine

2

225,429

112,715 (6,353)

 Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

6

852,103

142,017 (28,489)

 Pulmonology

3

459,552

153,184 (58,778)

 Rheumatology

1

122,174

122,174 (0)

Surgery

24

3,689,339

153,722 ( 38,167)

 Otolaryngology

2

300,500

150,250 (35,285)

 Surgery

4

585,380

146,345 (50,171)

 Urology

18

2,803,459

155,748 (37,879)

Psychiatry

117

14,710,749

125,733 ( 23,936)

Other

12

1,772,150

147,679 ( 54,067)

 Anesthesiology

8

1,397,329

174,666 (62,088)

 Emergency Medicine

1

165,800

165,800 (0)

 Nuclear Medicine

1

101,246

101,246 (0)

 Radiology

1

186,300

186,300 (0)

 Information not found

1

107,775

107,775

 

Total: 373

Total payments: 52,600,624

Mean payment per physician: 141,020 (39385)

  1. Payments are aggregated across the seven pharmaceutical companies.
  2. USD, U.S. dollar.