Distribution and Patterns of Industry-Related Payments to Oncologists in 2014.

ABSTRACT: Industry-physician collaboration is critical for anticancer therapeutic development, but financial relationships introduce conflicts of interest. We examined the specialty variation and context of physician payments and ownership interest among oncologists. We performed a population-based multivariable analysis of 2014 Open Payments reports of industry payments to US physicians matched to physician and practice data, including sex, specialty, practice location, and sole proprietor status. Payment data were aggregated per physician and compared by specialty (medical, radiation, surgical, and nononcology), and practice location linked with spending level (low, average, and high). Primary outcomes included likelihood, mean annual amount, and number of general payments. Secondary outcomes incl

SUBMITTER: Marshall DC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5241893 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature