Variables Value
Total amount of payments, $ 3,683,048
Mean per author (standard deviation), $ 136,409 (156,736)
Median per author (interquartile range), $ 101,624 (16,221‒184,160)
Range, $ 187‒686,024
Authors with payments, n (%)
Any payments
27 (100)
>$10,000
21 (77.8)
>$50,000
18 (66.7)
>$100,000
14 (51.9)
>$250,000
5 (18.5)
>$500,000
1 (3.7)
Type of payments, $ (%)
Speaking
3,089,971 (83.9)
Consulting
380,217 (10.3)
Writing/Honoraria
180,013 (4.9)
Other
32,848 (0.9)
Gini index 0.55