Table 1.
Variability in mean payment per physician, number of physicians, and aggregated payments for transactions in the Open Payments database, 2014–2018, for each top-category specialty available for allopathic and osteopathic physicians.
Fig 1.
In blue-red gradient, results of a hot spot analysis using zip code averages for payment amount per physician in the contiguous United States.
Hatched overlay represents zip codes where hot spot reached statistical significance, and gray zip codes are those with no data. Cartographic boundaries obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau and reprinted with permission in accordance with OMB Memorandum M-10-06 and Executive Order 13642.
Fig 2.
In blue-red gradient, annual variation in geospatial clustering of average individual payments per zip code, with hatched overlay representing statistical significance.
Cartographic boundaries obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau and reprinted with permission in accordance with OMB Memorandum M-10-06 and Executive Order 13642.
Table 2.
For each type of payment category among general payments in the Open Payments database, 2013–2018, the mean payment per physician, the number of physicians receiving payments, and the total amount of money transacted.