Specialty-specific baseline data
| Specialty | Records (n) | Total Medicare payment (US$) | Portion of total Medicare payment (%) | Total beneficiaries seen (n) | Portion of beneficiaries seen (%) | Providers (n) | Male (%) | Female (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 3 549 862 | 28 263 199 739.28 | 100.0 | 274 669 868 | 100.0 | 245 651 | 69.8 | 30.2 |
| Cardiology | 535 359 | 4 965 536 980.20 | 17.6 | 55 308 660 | 20.1 | 22 150 | 89.4 | 10.6 |
| Endocrinology | 52 126 | 387 291 151.12 | 1.4 | 5 244 848 | 1.9 | 4786 | 56.9 | 43.1 |
| Critical care | 19 196 | 208 382 904.46 | 0.7 | 1 235 739 | 0.4 | 2163 | 79.4 | 20.6 |
| Family practice | 970 873 | 4 372 944 047.90 | 15.5 | 63 021 587 | 22.9 | 77 452 | 64.9 | 35.1 |
| Gastroenterology | 172 708 | 1 344 335 879.10 | 4.8 | 10 876 759 | 4.0 | 11 991 | 86.6 | 13.4 |
| Haematology/oncology | 182 034 | 2 703 879 368.90 | 9.6 | 11 607 555 | 4.2 | 7348 | 72.0 | 28.0 |
| Infectious disease | 36 701 | 523 363 211.33 | 1.9 | 3 132 146 | 1.1 | 4762 | 64.1 | 35.9 |
| Internal medicine | 1 197 465 | 8 736 311 072.30 | 30.9 | 95 001 597 | 34.6 | 91 336 | 66.0 | 34.0 |
| Nephrology | 107 806 | 1 685 606 837.30 | 6.0 | 8 094 556 | 2.9 | 7483 | 77.2 | 22.8 |
| Haematology | 9631 | 127 615 053.23 | 0.5 | 542 408 | 0.2 | 682 | 70.3 | 29.7 |
| Medical oncology | 55 014 | 806 637 769.54 | 2.9 | 3 445 250 | 1.3 | 2598 | 71.9 | 28.1 |
| Rheumatology | 69 402 | 1 044 462 027.40 | 3.7 | 5 670 752 | 2.1 | 4065 | 62.3 | 37.7 |
| Pulmonary | 141 547 | 1 356 833 436.50 | 4.8 | 11 488 011 | 4.2 | 8835 | 83.8 | 16.2 |