Effect of the public disclosure of industry payments information on patients: results from a population-based natural experiment.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:To determine the effect of the public disclosure of industry payments to physicians on patients' awareness of industry payments and knowledge about whether their physicians had accepted industry payments. DESIGN:Interrupted time series with comparison group (difference-in-difference analyses of longitudinal survey). SETTING:Nationally representative US population-based surveys. Surveys were conducted in September 2014, shortly prior to the public release of Open Payments information, and again in September 2016. PARTICIPANTS:Adults aged 18 and older (n=2180). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:Awareness of industry payments as an issue; awareness that industry payments information was publicly available; knowledge of whether own physician had received industry payments. RESULTS:Public disclos

SUBMITTER: Kanter GP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6398799 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature