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. 2020 Nov 3;324(17):1785-1788.
doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.11413.

Trends in Industry Payments to Physicians in the United States From 2014 to 2018

Deborah C Marshall  1 , Elizabeth S Tarras  2 , Kenneth Rosenzweig  1 , Deborah Korenstein  3 , Susan Chimonas  3
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Trends in Industry Payments to Physicians in the United States From 2014 to 2018

Deborah C Marshall et al. JAMA. .

Abstract

This study uses Medicare Open Payments data to characterize trends in the prevalence and value of physicians’ interactions with industry overall and by specialty between January 2014 and December 2018 after implementation of the federal Open Payments transparency program in 2013.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Korenstein’s spouse serves on the scientific advisory board of Vedanta Biosciences and provides consulting for Takeda. No other disclosures were reported.

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