Types and Distribution of Payments From Industry to Physicians in 2015.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Given scrutiny over financial conflicts of interest in health care, it is important to understand the types and distribution of industry-related payments to physicians.

Objective

To determine the types and distribution of industry-related payments to physicians in 2015 and the association of physician specialty and sex with receipt of payments from industry.

Design, setting, and participants

Observational, retrospective, population-based study of licensed US physicians (per National Plan & Provider Enumeration System) linked to 2015 Open Payments reports of industry payments. A total of 933 295 allopathic and osteopathic physicians. Outcomes were compared across specialties (surgery, primary care, specialists, interventionalists) and between 620 166 male (6

SUBMITTER: Tringale KR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5470350 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature