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1/17/2012 4:58:37 PM EST
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Finally Congress to Force Drug Firms to Report Money Paid to Doctors
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Finally Congress to Force Drug Firms to Report Money Paid to Doctors
WASHINGTON — To head off medical conflicts of interest, Congress may be poised to require drug companies to disclose the payments they make to doctors for questionable fees, research, consulting, speaking, travel and entertainment.
Many researchers have found evidence that such payments can influence doctors’ treatment decisions and contribute to higher costs by encouraging the use of more expensive drugs and medical devices.
Officials said it increased the likelihood that doctors would make decisions in the best interests doctors’ financial interests, without regard to what is best for their patients.
Large numbers of doctors receive payments from drug and device companies every year — sometimes into the hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars. About a quarter of doctors take cash payments from drug or device makers and that nearly two-thirds accept routine gifts of food, including lunch for staff members and dinner for themselves.
Researchers have found that doctors who take money from drug makers often practice medicine differently from those who do not and that they are more willing to prescribe drugs in risky and unapproved ways, such as prescribing powerful antipsychotic medicines for children.
Jay
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 | | Glad to hear something is finally going to happen. Thanks for the information. |
| | |  | | | |  | | Cool Beans! Wish they would pay us back!! |
| | |  | | Finally Obama makin a move... |
| | |  | | | |  | | Great blog. It's about time, not to mention medical schools are bought and paid for by big pharma. |
| | |  | | My tax money at work? OK finally for a good use! |
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