Open AccessMen Receive Three Times More Industry Payments than Women Academic Orthopaedic Surgeons, Even After Controlling for Confounding Variables
Author(s) -
Lynn Ann Forrester,
Lauren Seo,
Leah J Gonzalez,
Chen Zhao,
Scott Friedlander,
Alice Chu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical orthopaedics and related research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.178
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1528-1132
pISSN - 0009-921X
DOI - 10.1097/corr.0000000000001132
Subject(s) - medicine , subspecialty , graduation (instrument) , productivity , payment , orthopedic surgery , family medicine , confounding , salary , medicaid , scopus , demography , medline , surgery , finance , health care , geometry , mathematics , sociology , political science , law , economics , macroeconomics , economic growth
In 2016, orthopaedic surgeons received nearly USD 300 million from industry, with the top 10% of recipients making more than 95% of the total amount. The degree to which gender may be associated with industry compensation has not been well explored; however, this may be confounded by a number of variables, including academic productivity, experience, and other factors. We wished to explore the variability in payment distribution by gender after controlling for these factors.