The Role of Physician Professional Networks in Physicians' Receipt of Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Industries' Payments.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Financial relationships between physicians and the pharmaceutical and medical device industries are common, but the factors associated with physicians receiving payments are unknown.

Objective

The objective of this study is to evaluate the influence of physicians' professional networks' characteristics on the receipt of payments among physicians.

Design

Network analysis of cross-sectional data PARTICIPANTS: US physicians who shared Medicare patients with other physicians in 2015 (N=357,813).

Exposure (intervention)

Proportion of a physician's professional network that received industry payments and other network characteristics including number of physician connections, how central the physician is within the network, and the tightness of the referra

SUBMITTER: Winn AN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8298740 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature