Variables Payment year Payment year Payment year Payment year Payment year Payment year Payment year Payment year Overall Relative average annual percent change (95% CI), %
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Direct research payments and grant payments
Total payment amounts, $a 3,320,621 9,396,794 3,195,554 3,488,001 3,284,644 5,185,346 3,766,893 4,372,003 36,009,857 (2.4) -4.1 (-19.0 – 10.9)
Number of physicians with payments, n (%) 256 (1.2) 465 (2.2) 326 (1.6) 327 (1.6) 311 (1.5) 463 (2.2) 336 (1.6) 336 (1.6) 1577 (7.5) 1.0 (-0.7 – 2.8)
Payments per physician, $a,b
Median (IQR) 1,672 (458–8,092) 4,107 (1,143–17,149) 2,404 (866–6,774) 3,211 (375–8,291) 1,799 (707–8,768) 1,788 (612–8,409) 2,849 (814–11,574) 4,011 (1,142–12,842) 4,486 (1,080–21,405) -3.7 (-10.3 – 3.3)
Average (SD) 12,971 (36,768) 20,208 (109,817) 9,802 (24,611) 10,667 (24,695) 10,562 (22,884) 11,199 (34,772) 11,211 (20,428) 13,012 (29,631) 22,834 (83,286)
Associated research payments
Total payment amounts, $a 185,784,945 177,006,324 211,589,680 205,089,992 164,522,806 208,984,392 186,044,913 152,094,585 1,491,117,637 (97.6) -1.6 (-1.6 – -1.6)*
Number of physicians with payments, n (%) 1251 (6.0) 1215 (5.8) 1310 (6.2) 1435 (6.8) 1416 (6.8) 1505 (7.2) 1426 (6.8) 1357 (6.5) 2757 (13.1) 2.1 (1.3 – 2.9)*
Payments per physician, $a,b
Median (IQR) 28,053 (7,139–115,306) 26,724 (6,824–102,184) 30,910 (9,297–97,393) 37,190 (9,444–113,905) 38,002 (11,058–108,162) 38,271 (11,468–133,442) 34,536 (9,126–122,523) 29,067 (7,802–94,266) 85,080 (19,899–382,206) -2.6 (-5.1 – 2.1)
Average (SD) 148,509 (565,878) 145,684 (628,210) 161,519 (837,801) 142,920 (539,345) 116,188 (298,841) 138,860 (363,418) 130,466 (371,556) 112,081 (493,591) 540,848 (2,309,907)