Assessment of Pharmaceutical Company and Device Manufacturer Payments to Gastroenterologists and Their Participation in Clinical Practice Guideline Panels.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Payments from pharmaceutical and device manufacturers to physicians may influence the advice physicians give patients and peers.

Objectives

To investigate the nature and amounts of monetary and other benefits that gastroenterologists received and to determine the participation of those receiving benefits in the formulation of clinical practice guidelines.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study analyzed information from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments database, including all reports about payments that pharmaceutical and device manufacturers gave to adult or pediatric gastroenterologists in 2016. PubMed was used to examine the professional affiliations and publication records of top payment recipients. Panelists of cli

SUBMITTER: Nusrat S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6324539 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature