Published in:
01-10-2020 | Buprenorphine | Concise Research Report
Financial Payments to Teaching Hospitals by Companies Marketing Opioids
Authors:
Timothy S. Anderson, MD, MAS, Maxwell S. Krieger, BS, Brandon D. L. Marshall, PhD, Magdalena Cerdá, DrPH, MPH, Scott Hadland, MD, MPH, MS
Published in:
Journal of General Internal Medicine
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Issue 10/2020
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Excerpt
Amid the national opioid overdose crisis, media reports and ongoing litigation have shed light on financial relationships between companies marketing opioid medications and teaching hospitals. Financial relationships between teaching hospitals and pharmaceutical companies may influence the education of trainees and physician prescribing practices, creating institutional conflicts of interest which can undermine public trust.
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