Comparing pharmaceutical company payments in the four UK countries: a cross-sectional and social network analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine the characteristics of pharmaceutical payments to healthcare and patient organisations in the four UK countries. Compare companies spending the most; types of organisations receiving payments and types of payments in the four countries. Measure the extent to which companies target payments at the same recipients in each country and whether it differs depending on the type of recipient.

Design

Cross-sectional comparative and social network analysis.

Setting

England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland.

Participants

100 donors (pharmaceutical companies) reporting payments to 4229 recipients (healthcare organisations and patient organisations) in 2015.

Main outcome measures

For each country: payment totals and distribution; average numbe

SUBMITTER: Rickard E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10069501 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature