SELF-EMPLOYED PHYSICIAN

A slash pair, not two separate keys merged

FEC forms store Self-Employed/Physician when that exact pair is what the filer typed. LobbyVault does not build the row by adding SELF-EMPLOYED plus PHYSICIAN. The $5,473,429 total is itemized individual gifts whose grouped employer text matches the slash string. It is not a Census of private-practice offices and not a state medical-board licensee file.

People who typed SELF-EMPLOYED, PHYSICIAN, SELF EMPLOYED PHYSICIAN without the slash, MD, or a clinic legal name sit in other rows if stored that way. LobbyVault does not recode those variants into this mixed-case pair. The FEC field is not an AMA membership list. Occupation pages show titles stored beside the pair.

1,109 donors and 13,392 lines

1,109 unique donors produced 13,392 Self-Employed/Physician contribution lines totaling $5,473,429. That is on the order of 12 itemized receipts per donor — fewer repeats than high-volume payroll strings in this dollar band. The packet does not publish a mean gift or a split among specialties.

Party share is not on the industry headline. Independent expenditures and association PAC filings are outside the $5,473,429 unless an individual receipt itself carries this slash string. Unitemized gifts never appear. Coverage is federal itemized individual receipts only.

Questions

How much have Self-Employed/Physician-listed donors given federally?

LobbyVault attributes $5,473,429 to the Self-Employed/Physician employer string, from 13,392 contributions and 1,109 donors. These are itemized individual receipts, not a medical-association PAC and not a NAICS physician-office total. Unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.

Is this the same as the PHYSICIAN or SELF-EMPLOYED rows?

No. Self-Employed/Physician is a distinct slash-joined pair as stored, including mixed case. PHYSICIAN and SELF-EMPLOYED are separate keys if stored that way. LobbyVault does not add those rows into this total. Figures are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.

Does this include hospital-employed physicians?

Only if the grouped employer text is Self-Employed/Physician. Hospital legal names are separate keys if stored that way. A receipt counted here carries the slash pair. Staff who typed SURGEON or MD sit in those other rows. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.

How many unique donors listed Self-Employed/Physician?

The rollup counts 1,109 donors and 13,392 contribution lines. Repeat gifts raise the receipt count. This is not a medical-board headcount of private-practice physicians. Figures are limited to the FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.