Payments from drug companies to physicians are associated with higher volume and more expensive opioid analgesic prescribing.
BACKGROUND:While the rise in opioid analgesic prescribing and overdose deaths was multifactorial, financial relationships between opioid drug manufacturers and physicians may be one important factor. METHODS:Using national data from 2013 to 2015, we conducted a retrospective cohort study linking the...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2018-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6300290?pdf=render |