Table 5.

Mean Graduate Medical Education Payments and Education Costs by Cohort for 1996, 1998, and 1999 (Dollars)

Payments and Costs by YearCOTH (n = 192)Non-COTH (n = 521)Family Practice Single Residency (n = 108)Multiple Residency (n = 605)All Hospitals (n = 713)
COTH = Council of Teaching Hospitals and Health Systems.
Indirect medical education, $
    199613,691,1331,755,6341,249,0265,633,8653,543,382,898
    199812,060,4941,557,2351,126,5524,967,3823,126,934,074
    199912,110,1661,517,8571,137,3924,947,3013,115,955,490
    Change (%)−1,580,967 (−11.5)−237,777 (−13.5)−111,634 (−8.9)−686,564 (−12.2)−12.1
Direct medical education, $
    19965,461,634823,278647,6332,326,6401,477,561,405−
    19985,505,803873,858701,1562,374,6601,512,394,341
    19995,690,298888,583691,9152,447,5401,555,488,746
    Change (%)228,664 (4.2)65,305 (7.9)−44,282 (−6.8)120,900 (5.2)5.3
Education costs, $
    199621,035,9673,089,9532,171,4258,949,1865,648,771,242
    199823,043,2383,361,4822,455,4119,773,2666,175,634,084
    199923,482,6023,482,8202,532,8879,999,4336,323,208,632
    Change (%)2,446,635 (11.6)392,867 (12.7)361,462 (16.6)1,050,247 (11.7)11.9