Some patients want to know
whether their physicians may be heavily influenced by financial relationships such that these relationships may bias or cloud physicians’
clinical judgment. This type of physician-industry relationship has a negative
perception by patients.
The
Government’s Open Payments Data is a website that lets you search physicians with past
and existing financial relationships with pharmaceutical companies. This
database records all payments above $10 to physicians for any reason during a
transaction or exchange with any agents of industry whether directly or
indirectly. The database tells you
whether this money comes from direct research payments, ownership and
investment interest, or associated research.
In fact, OpenData tells you the
breakdown. It also tells how a physician's payments compare with the average payment amount for all physicains reporting inthe U.S.
The Facts About Open Payments Data
Total US Dollar Value
|
8.18 Billion
|
Total Companies making Payments
|
1481
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Total teaching Hospitals with payment record
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1146
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Total records Published
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11.96 million
|
Total Physicians with payment Records
|
631,000
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