Evaluating the Correlation Between Various Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Fellowship Characteristics and Total Industry Payments Through the Open Payments Database.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Since the Physician Payments Sunshine Act in 2010, a substantial body of work has explored the supplemental income received by physicians to understand trends in industry payments and investigate sources of bias. To date, no study has examined how various fellowship characteristics impact industry earning levels at foot and ankle orthopaedic surgery fellowships. The purpose of this study is to examine the various fellowship and faculty-specific variables in correlation with industry earnings in foot and ankle orthopaedic surgery fellowships.

Methods

This study is a retrospective analysis of foot and ankle orthopaedic surgery fellowships and respective faculty along with various fellowship characteristics in correlation to industry lifetime earning levels as of Mar

SUBMITTER: Anastasio AT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10664436 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature