Physicians' attitudes towards disclosure of payments from pharmaceutical companies in a nationwide voluntary transparency database: a cross-sectional survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate German physicians' attitudes towards and experiences with voluntary disclosure of payments by pharmaceutical companies in a public database and their impact on future decisions for or against disclosure.

Design

A national cross-sectional survey conducted in 2018 among physicians who voluntarily disclosed at least one payment in the German transparency regulation.

Setting

Retrospective paper-pencil questionnaire about attitudes towards and experiences with voluntary payment disclosures in the first (2015) and second (2016) years of the German transparency regulation.

Participants

German physicians who disclosed either in the first year only, the second year only, or in both years of the transparency regulation.

Primary outcomes

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SUBMITTER: Stoll M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9234799 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature