MD´s Cúanto reciben de la industria...?

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A 2009 nationwide survey found that 

nearly 84 percent of physicians 

had some form of financial interaction 

with manufacturers of drugs, 

devices, biologicals, and medical supplies, 

the majority of which were meals provided in the workplace. 

Nearly 20 percent received reimbursements 

for attending meetings 

or continuing medical education (CME) events, 

and slightly fewer than 15 percent 

received payments for professional services. (Más)

Since mid-2014, the Physician Payments Sunshine Act has required drug and device companies to report to the government all payments and gifts to physicians, including 

• consulting fees, 
• speaking fees, 
• food and drink, and 
• research funding. 

All of this information is available on the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Open Payments website, which is searchable by physician, hospital, or company. 

So far, more than 11 million records on physician payments have been published on Open Payments. But how many patients have taken advantage of this information to research their own doctors? 

According to a recent study in The BMJ, not many. Researchers conducted two surveys of the public, one in 2014 before Open Payments data were released and another two years after the release in 2016. To control for factors unrelated to the Sunshine Act, they separated survey respondents who lived in states where a version of the Sunshine Act had already been passed in 2014.(Más)

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