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01-02-2019 | Concise Research Reports

Internal Medicine Physicians’ Financial Relationships with Industry: An Updated National Estimate

Authors: Aaron S. Kesselheim, M.D., J.D., M.P.H., Steven Woloshin, M.D., M.S., Zhigang Lu, M.D., Frazer A. Tessema, B.A., Kathryn M. Ross, M.B.E., Lisa M. Schwartz, M.D., M.S.

Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Issue 2/2019

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Financial relationships between physicians and prescription drug or medical device manufacturers remain controversial. Recent large national studies have shown such relationships are associated with prescription of brand-name drugs, especially those sold by the sponsoring manufacturer, over equally effective lower-cost generics.^{1, 2} …

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Title: Internal Medicine Physicians’ Financial Relationships with Industry: An Updated National Estimate
Authors: Aaron S. Kesselheim, M.D., J.D., M.P.H.
Steven Woloshin, M.D., M.S.
Zhigang Lu, M.D.
Frazer A. Tessema, B.A.
Kathryn M. Ross, M.B.E.
Lisa M. Schwartz, M.D., M.S.
Publication date: 01-02-2019
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine / Issue 2/2019
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Electronic ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-018-4688-z

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