Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
J Am Coll Radiol. 2018 Aug;15(8):1068-1072. doi: 10.1016/j.jacr.2018.04.028. Epub 2018 Jun 20.
As federal legislation increasingly influences health care delivery, the impact of election funding has grown. We aimed to characterize US radiologist federal political contributions over recent years.
After obtaining 2003 to 2016 finance data from the Federal Election Commission (FEC), we extracted contribution data for all self-identified radiologists. Contributions were classified by recipient group and FEC-designated political party and then analyzed temporally and geographically, in aggregate, and by individual radiologist.
Between 2003 and 2016, the FEC reported 35,408,584 political contributions. Of these, 36,474 (totaling $16,255,099) were from 7,515 unique self-identified radiologists. Total annual radiologist contributions ranged from $480,565 in 2005 to $1,867,120 in 2012. On average, 1,697 radiologists made political contributions each year (range 903 in 2005 to 2,496 in 2016). On average, contributing radiologists gave $2,163 ± $4,053 (range $10-$121,836) over this time, but amounts varied considerably by state (range $865 in Utah to $4,325 in Arkansas). Of all radiologist dollars, 76.3% were nonpartisan, with only 14.8% to Republicans, 8.5% to Democrats, and 0.4% to others. Most radiologist dollars went to political action committees (PACs) rather than candidates (74.6% versus 25.4%). Those PAC dollars were overwhelmingly (92.5%) directed to the Radiology Political Action Committee (RADPAC), which saw self-identified radiologist contributions grow from $351,251 in 2003 to $1,113,966 in 2016.
Radiologist federal political contributions have increased over 3-fold in recent years. That growth overwhelmingly represents contributions to RADPAC. Despite national political polarization, the overwhelming majority of radiologist political contributions are specialty-focused and nonpartisan.
随着联邦立法越来越多地影响医疗保健服务的提供，选举资金的影响也在不断增加。我们旨在描述近年来美国放射科医生的联邦政治捐款情况。
从联邦选举委员会（FEC）获得 2003 年至 2016 年的财务数据后，我们提取了所有自我认定的放射科医生的捐款数据。捐款按收件人团体和 FEC 指定的政党分类，然后按时间和地理分布进行汇总分析，并按个别放射科医生进行分析。
2003 年至 2016 年，FEC 报告了 35408584 笔政治捐款。其中，36474 笔（共计 16255099 美元）来自 7515 位独特的自我认定的放射科医生。放射科医生的年度捐款总额从 2005 年的 480565 美元到 2012 年的 1867120 美元不等。平均而言，每年有 1697 名放射科医生进行政治捐款（2005 年有 903 人，2016 年有 2496 人）。在此期间，捐款的放射科医生平均每人捐款 2163 美元±4053 美元（范围为 10 美元至 121836 美元），但各州的捐款数额差异很大（犹他州为 865 美元，阿肯色州为 4325 美元）。在所有放射科医生的捐款中，76.3%是非党派的，只有 14.8%捐给了共和党，8.5%捐给了民主党，0.4%捐给了其他党派。大多数放射科医生的捐款都流向了政治行动委员会（PACs），而不是候选人（74.6%对 25.4%）。这些 PAC 美元绝大多数（92.5%）都流向了放射科政治行动委员会（RADPAC），该委员会看到自我认定的放射科医生的捐款从 2003 年的 351251 美元增加到 2016 年的 1113966 美元。
近年来，放射科医生的联邦政治捐款增加了两倍多。这种增长主要代表了对 RADPAC 的捐款。尽管全国政治两极分化，但放射科医生政治捐款的绝大多数都是专业的、无党派的。
