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. 2019 Oct 1;179(10):1425-1428.
doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.1082.

Association Between Industry Payments to Physicians and Gabapentinoid Prescribing

Taeho Greg Rhee  1   2   3   4 , Joseph S Ross  4   5   6
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Association Between Industry Payments to Physicians and Gabapentinoid Prescribing

Taeho Greg Rhee et al. JAMA Intern Med. .

Abstract

This cross-sectional study uses Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services data to evaluate the association between industry payments to physicians who prescribe gabapentinoids and gabapentinoid prescribing behavior.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Rhee reported no financial or other relationship relevant to this article. In the past 36 months, Dr Ross has received research support through Yale University from Johnson & Johnson to develop methods of clinical trial data sharing, from Medtronic, Inc and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to develop methods for postmarket surveillance of medical devices (U01FD004585), from the FDA to establish Yale-Mayo Clinic Center for Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation program (U01FD005938), from the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association to better understand medical technology evaluation, from the Centers of Medicare & Medicaid Services to develop and maintain performance measures that are used for public reporting (HHSM-500-2013-13018I), from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (R01HS022882), from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) (R01HS025164), and from the Laura and John Arnold Foundation to establish the Good Pharma Scorecard at Bioethics International and the Collaboration for Research Integrity and Transparency at Yale.

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Figure.
Figure.. Geographic Variation of Industry Payments for Gabapentinoids From 2014 to 2016
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments data, 2014-2016.
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