The Financial Relationship Between the Medical Industry and Residency Leadership in OB/GYN and Urology.

ABSTRACT: Background Industry payments to physicians exceed millions of dollars. Payments can influence physicians' practices and potentially impact trainees. Objective To examine the magnitude of industry payments to obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN) and urology residency directors and department chairs in the United States. Methods For this retrospective cross-sectional study, program directors and department chairs of OB/GYN and urology residency programs were identified in December 2021. Nonresearch payments between August 1, 2013, and December 31, 2020, from drug or device manufacturers to program directors and department chairs of OB/GYN and urology residency programs were compiled from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments Database. Statistical analy

SUBMITTER: Burgard I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10686660 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature