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Table 3 Average number of ICD diagnosis codes per physician in physician claims by payment program, 3-month period, January-March 2011

From: Mining rich health data from Canadian physician claims: features and face validity

Specialty

 

Fee-for-service

 

Alternative payment program

 

Average claims

Mean

Median

IQR*

Average claims

Mean

Median

IQR

Overall

1,184

88

73

22-143

438

44

28

17-54

Family medicine

1,382

124

124

74-173

586

88

75

47-129

Internal medicine

900

37

29

17-51

431

26

22

15-35

Neurology

599

33

34

14-50

323

23

23

16-31

Obstetrics and Gynecology

1,145

38

37

20-51

436

32

16

15-52

Pediatrics

681

54

52

12-86

296

35

25

16-44

Psychiatry

917

11

10

6-13

394

11

9

5-19

Radiology

131

12

8

5-14

N/A

 

N/A

 

Surgery

756

36

34

23-47

383

28

25

20-32

Others

1,531

79

72

21-137

488

42

23

17-48

  1. *Inter-quartile range.