Comparison of industry payments to psychiatrists and psychiatric advanced practice clinicians in the USA, 2021: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To compare industry payment patterns among US psychiatrists and psychiatric advanced practice clinicians (APCs) and determine how scope of practice laws has influenced these patterns.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

This study used the publicly available US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Sunshine Act Open Payment database and the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) database for the year 2021.

Participants

All psychiatrists and psychiatric APCs (subdivided into nurse practitioners (NPs) and clinical nurse specialists (CNSs)) included in either database.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Number and percentage of clinicians receiving industry payments and value of payments received. Total payments and numb

SUBMITTER: Havlik J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10860012 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature