Physician with payments Physician with payments Payment per physician $ Payment per physician $ Payment per physician $ Relative payments Relative payments Relative payments Relative payments
Number (%) P valuea Average (SD) Median (IQR) P valueb Relative risk for receiving payments (95% CI) P value Relative monetary value (95% CI) P value
Clinical practice guideline
Non-guideline author otorhinolaryngologists
3,573 (44.2)
<0.001
1,414 (8,751)
0 (0–817)
<0.001
Ref.
<0.001
Ref.
<0.001
Otorhinolaryngologists authoring guideline
94 (93.1)
24,111 (33,621) 11,522 (3,090–32,390)
1.96 (1.82–2.12)
13.03 (9.55–17.79)
Board membershipc
Non-board members
3633 (44.6)
<0.001
1,550 (9,109)
0 (0–831)
<0.001
Ref.
<0.001
Ref.
<0.001
Board membership
34 (94.4)
34,298 (44,388) 22,261 (4,537–50,331)
1.47 (1.20–1.79)
8.57 (3.04–24.17)
Journal editorial membershipc
Non-editor otorhinolaryngologists
3,648 (44.7)
<0.001
1,603 (9,365)
0 (0–851)
<0.001
Ref.
<0.001
Ref.
0.001
Editor otorhinolaryngologists
19 (100)
40,746 (46,059) 35,143 (7,733–50,373)
1.21 (1.11–1.33)
0.54 (0.38–0.77)