Mining Open Payments Data: Analysis of Industry Payments to Thoracic Surgeons From 2014-2016

Conclusions: There exists a great discrepancy in the distribution of payments by categories. Royalty or License Fees, Compensation, and Consulting Fees are the primary transferring channels of single large payments. The massive transfer from industries to surgeons has a strong “apical dominance” and excludability. Further research should focus on discovering the fundamental driving factors for the strong concentration of certain medical devices and how these payments will affect the industry itself.
Source: Journal of Medical Internet Research - Category: General Medicine Authors: Source Type: research