Physician Payments from Industry Are Associated with Greater Medicare Part D Prescribing Costs.

BACKGROUND:The U.S. Physician Payments Sunshine Act mandates the reporting of payments or items of value received by physicians from drug, medical device, and biological agent manufacturers. The impact of these payments on physician prescribing has not been examined at large scale. METHODS:We linked...

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Main Authors: Roy H Perlis, Clifford S Perlis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4868346?pdf=render