https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-03/s-wtr030617.php
More than three in every five Americans see a doctor who receives some form of payment from industry. This is according to a new survey led by Genevieve Pham-Kanter of Drexel University's Dornsife School of Public Health in the US. It is the first nationally representative study to examine the prevalence of industry payments among the general population of patients.
[...] The survey was done in light of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which addresses concerns that industry payments could lead physicians to make decisions that are not in the best interest of their patients. Since 2013 the Act requires pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers to report gifts and payments they make to healthcare providers. This information is publicly available on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Open Payments website.
[...] The survey highlighted that 65 percent of respondents had visited a physician who accepted an industry payment. This was particularly the case for those visiting family medicine physicians (63 percent) and obstetricians and gynecologists (77 percent).
The Open Payments website can be found at: https://www.cms.gov/OpenPayments/index.html
References:
Pham-Kanter, G. , Mello, M., Lehmann, L., Campbell, E., Carpenter, D. (2017). Public Awareness of and Contact with Physicians Who Receive Industry Payments: A National Survey, Journal of General Internal Medicine, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-017-4012-3
(Score: 3, Interesting) by mmcmonster on Wednesday March 08 2017, @05:28PM (1 child)
I forgot to mention:
Platelets have a lifespan of about 7 days. So if you want to stop aspirin prior to a surgical procedure (typically for brain or spine surgery) they want you off of aspirin for 7 days. Because they know that a single dose can effect overall clotting function (because platelets help form the initial clot) for that long.
(Score: 2) by AthanasiusKircher on Wednesday March 08 2017, @08:35PM
Thanks for all the info and clarifications.