Industry payments to family medicine residents in Portugal: a descriptive analysis of the national transparency database.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To analyse payments made to family medicine residents by the pharmaceutical industry during their residency in Portugal, using mandatory disclosure data.

Design and participants

Cohort study of residents starting their family medicine training in 2015, using data collected from the public national transparency database (Plataforma de Comunicações Transparência e Publicidade). Payments were categorised into six groups, including scientific meetings, educational activities, travel allowances, fees, gifts and undetermined.

Main outcome measures

Number of payments and the total value received by family medicine residents during their training period; number of payments according to their nature (six categories); number of payments and total value by paying entit

SUBMITTER: Ruivo M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10465913 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature