Open AccessPharmaceutical Industry–Sponsored Meals and Physician Prescribing Patterns for Medicare Beneficiaries
Author(s) -
Colette DeJong,
Thomas Aguilar,
ChienWen Tseng,
Grace A. Lin,
W. John Boscardin,
R. Adams Dudley
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
jama internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.14
H-Index - 342
eISSN - 2168-6114
pISSN - 2168-6106
DOI - 10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.2765
Subject(s) - medicine , medicare part d , receipt , medical prescription , specialty , pharmacy , payment , family medicine , prescription drug , finance , accounting , pharmacology , business
The association between industry payments to physicians and prescribing rates of the brand-name medications that are being promoted is controversial. In the United States, industry payment data and Medicare prescribing records recently became publicly available.
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