ArticleFoot & ankle orthopaedics2023
Evaluating the Correlation Between Various Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Fellowship Characteristics and Total Industry Payments Through the Open Payments Database.
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- Academic Productivity at Orthopaedic Surgery Sports Medicine Fellowship Programs in the United States Has a Weak Positive Correlation With Nonresearch Lifetime Industry Earnings.Arthroscopy, sports medicine, and rehabilitation · 2025Article
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Abstract
Background: Since the Physician Payments Sunshine Act in 2010, a substantial body of work has explored the supplemental income received by physicians to understand trends in industry payments and investigate sources of bias. To date, no study has examined how various fellowship characteristics impact industry earning levels at foot and ankle orthopaedic surgery fellowships. The purpose of this study is to examine the various fellowship and faculty-specific variables in correlation with industry earnings in foot and ankle orthopaedic surgery fellowships. Methods: This study is a retrospective analysis of foot and ankle orthopaedic surgery fellowships and respective faculty along with various fellowship characteristics in correlation to industry lifetime earning levels as of March 2023. Industry total lifetime earnings represent income directly paid to physicians, is not part of the physician's salary, and does not include any research grants or funding. Lifetime earnings represent all years recorded on the Open Payments Database website (2015-2021). Results: There are 165 faculty physicians and 48 programs with complete data out of all foot and ankle orthopaedic surgery fellowship programs in the United States. The mean fellowship H-Index per fellowship was 48.94 ± 38.92, and the mean fellowship lifetime earning was $1 551 791.66 ± $4 136 091.64. There was no significant association between fellowship lifetime earnings and Newsweek ranking of fellowship-affiliated hospitals (P = .906), Doximity ranking of fellowship-affiliated residencies (P = .703), and region of the United States (P = .126). There was a statistically significant increase in total lifetime earnings in programs with 4 fellows as compared to 1 fellow (P = .035). Conclusion: There was no statistically significant correlation between a variety of foot and ankle fellowship-specific factors and lifetime industry earnings, aside from increased earnings in programs having 4 fellows. Prestige factors, such as Doximity and Ranked Hospital Newsweek List rank, as well as region of the United States is not associated with industry earnings. Level of Evidence: Level III, retrospective cohort study.
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