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The Trend in Industry Payments During the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Gastroenterologists and Hepatologists in the United States
Background Although the sudden coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic would have significantly influenced financial relationships between the healthcare industry and gastroenterologists and hepatologists, little is known about the trend in financial relations in the United States. This study,...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9849032/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36686074 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.32711 |
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author | Murayama, Anju Kamamoto, Sae Saito, Hiroaki Tanimoto, Tetsuya Ozaki, Akihiko |
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description | Background Although the sudden coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic would have significantly influenced financial relationships between the healthcare industry and gastroenterologists and hepatologists, little is known about the trend in financial relations in the United States. This study, thus, aimed to examine the trends in industry payments made to gastroenterologists and hepatologists during the COVID-19 pandemic. Materials and methods Using the Open Payments Database between 2013 and 2021, we evaluated trends in financial relationships between the healthcare industry and gastroenterologists and hepatologists in the United States. Trends in general payments during the COVID-19 pandemic were evaluated by interrupted time series analysis with monthly and yearly payments at the physician level. Results A total of 16,808 or 89.4% of all active gastroenterologists received general payments totaling $393,823,094 from the pharmaceutical and medical device companies between 2013 and 2021. The payment per gastroenterologist and the number of gastroenterologists receiving payments decreased by 70.9% (95% CI: -73.4% - -68.1%, p<0.001) and by 51.5% (95%CI: -52.2% - -50.7%, p<0.001) due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, respectively. However, both payments and the number of physicians with payments have recovered monthly since the COVID-19 pandemic, with relative monthly change rates of 4.1% (95% CI: 3.5% ‒ 4.7%, p<0.001) and 3.2% (95%CI: 3.1% ‒ 3.2%, p<0.001). Additionally, the general payments per gastroenterologist significantly decreased by 2.5% (95%CI: -3.9% - -1.1%, p<0.001) each year before the COVID-19 pandemic, while there was a very small change in the number of gastroenterologists with payments. Conclusions The industry payments to gastroenterologists and hepatologists significantly decreased due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the payments have recovered right after the pandemic in the United States. |
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spelling | pubmed-98490322023-01-19 The Trend in Industry Payments During the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Gastroenterologists and Hepatologists in the United States Murayama, Anju Kamamoto, Sae Saito, Hiroaki Tanimoto, Tetsuya Ozaki, Akihiko Cureus Gastroenterology Background Although the sudden coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic would have significantly influenced financial relationships between the healthcare industry and gastroenterologists and hepatologists, little is known about the trend in financial relations in the United States. This study, thus, aimed to examine the trends in industry payments made to gastroenterologists and hepatologists during the COVID-19 pandemic. Materials and methods Using the Open Payments Database between 2013 and 2021, we evaluated trends in financial relationships between the healthcare industry and gastroenterologists and hepatologists in the United States. Trends in general payments during the COVID-19 pandemic were evaluated by interrupted time series analysis with monthly and yearly payments at the physician level. Results A total of 16,808 or 89.4% of all active gastroenterologists received general payments totaling $393,823,094 from the pharmaceutical and medical device companies between 2013 and 2021. The payment per gastroenterologist and the number of gastroenterologists receiving payments decreased by 70.9% (95% CI: -73.4% - -68.1%, p<0.001) and by 51.5% (95%CI: -52.2% - -50.7%, p<0.001) due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, respectively. However, both payments and the number of physicians with payments have recovered monthly since the COVID-19 pandemic, with relative monthly change rates of 4.1% (95% CI: 3.5% ‒ 4.7%, p<0.001) and 3.2% (95%CI: 3.1% ‒ 3.2%, p<0.001). Additionally, the general payments per gastroenterologist significantly decreased by 2.5% (95%CI: -3.9% - -1.1%, p<0.001) each year before the COVID-19 pandemic, while there was a very small change in the number of gastroenterologists with payments. Conclusions The industry payments to gastroenterologists and hepatologists significantly decreased due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the payments have recovered right after the pandemic in the United States. Cureus 2022-12-19 /pmc/articles/PMC9849032/ /pubmed/36686074 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.32711 Text en Copyright © 2022, Murayama et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Gastroenterology Murayama, Anju Kamamoto, Sae Saito, Hiroaki Tanimoto, Tetsuya Ozaki, Akihiko The Trend in Industry Payments During the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Gastroenterologists and Hepatologists in the United States |
title | The Trend in Industry Payments During the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Gastroenterologists and Hepatologists in the United States |
title_full | The Trend in Industry Payments During the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Gastroenterologists and Hepatologists in the United States |
title_fullStr | The Trend in Industry Payments During the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Gastroenterologists and Hepatologists in the United States |
title_full_unstemmed | The Trend in Industry Payments During the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Gastroenterologists and Hepatologists in the United States |
title_short | The Trend in Industry Payments During the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Gastroenterologists and Hepatologists in the United States |
title_sort | trend in industry payments during the covid-19 pandemic among gastroenterologists and hepatologists in the united states |
topic | Gastroenterology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9849032/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36686074 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.32711 |
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