Article
Infectious Diseases
Anju Murayama, Kenji Nakano, Sae Kamamoto, Masaya Sato, Hiroaki Saito, Tetsuya Tanimoto, Akihiko Ozaki
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate the trend in nonresearch payments made by the industries to infectious disease physicians in the United States since the launch of the Open Payments Database and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results showed a decrease in the total amount of payments and the number of physicians accepting payments since the inception of the database, and a significant decrease in nonresearch payments due to the pandemic. However, there was a slight increase in payments and the number of physicians accepting payments after the onset of the pandemic.
CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION
(2022)
Article
Surgery
Juan A. Santamaria-Barria, Hannah Nelson, Heng Jiang, Collin E. Dougherty, Snehal Jadhav, Shinobu Watanabe-Galloway, Joshua M. V. Mammen, David W. Mercer
Summary: This study aims to characterize industry nonresearch payments made to general and fellowship-trained surgeons between 2016 and 2020. The study found that men were the primary beneficiaries of the highest payments, and further research is needed to assess how race, gender, and leadership roles influence industry payments and surgical practice.
Article
Oncology
Deborah C. Marshall, Elizabeth S. Tarras, Kenneth Rosenzweig, Sue S. Yom, Jona Hattangadi-Gluth, James Murphy, Deborah Korenstein, Susan Chimonas
Summary: The study found that since the implementation of the Open Payments program, payments to radiation oncologists have significantly increased in both amount and frequency, while decreasing for medical oncologists and other hospital-based physicians. This indicates a trend of differentiation in industry payments among different groups of physicians.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS
(2021)
Article
Anesthesiology
Vasudha Goel, Benedict Moran, Alexander M. Kaizer, Eellan Sivanesan, Amol M. Patwardhan, Mohab Ibrahim, Jacob C. DeWeerth, Clarence Shannon, Hariharan Shankar
Summary: This study analyzed prescription drug claims associated with pain medicine physicians (PMP) in the Medicare Part D program. It found that opioids, anticonvulsants, and gabapentinoids were the most commonly prescribed medications by PMP, with the top 5% of prescribers having 10 times more claims than the average PMP.
ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA
(2021)
Article
Clinical Neurology
George Thomas, Sydney Bornstein, Kevin Cho, Raj D. Rao
Summary: This study analyzed trends in medical industry payments to spine surgeons and all physicians from 2014 to 2019, finding that while payments to all physicians increased, payments to spine surgeons decreased, largely due to decreasing payments from the top eight device manufacturers with the highest level of surgeon payments.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Mao Yanagisawa, Daniel M. Blumenthal, Hirotaka Kato, Kosuke Inoue, Yusuke Tsugawa
Summary: This study found that industry payments to cardiologists for antiplatelet drugs were associated with higher healthcare spending on cardiac procedures, diagnostic cardiac catheterization volumes, and rates of coronary stenting. Further research is needed to determine if these associations are causal.
JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Oncology
Adrian M. J. Pokorny, Alice Fabbri, Lisa A. Bero, Ray Moynihan, Barbara J. Mintzes
Summary: There is substantial evidence of frequent relationships between cancer physicians and the pharmaceutical industry, including financial ties and payments. Some studies suggest these relationships can influence physicians' prescribing behavior and even lead to unconscious bias. Further research is needed to understand the clinical implications for patients and develop better management strategies for these relationships.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER
(2022)
Article
Surgery
Brittany G. Sullivan, Fares Al-Khouja, Margaret Herre, Morgan Manasa, Alexander Kreger, Jessica Escobar, Andreea Dinicu, Ariana Naaseh, Farideh Dehkordi-Vakil, Michael Stamos, Alessio Pigazzi, Mehraneh D. Jafari
Summary: This study found that male physicians received significantly higher payments from the highest-grossing medical industry companies compared with female physicians. This disparity persisted across all medical specialties and academic ranks. The health care industry gender payment gap continued to increase from 2013 to 2019, with a wider compensation gap in 2019.
Article
Otorhinolaryngology
F. Jeffrey Lorenz, Brandon LaBarge, Jessyka G. G. Lighthall, Scott G. G. Walen
Summary: This study compares industry payments from facial plating companies to plastic surgery, oral and maxillofacial surgery (OMFS), and otolaryngology (OHNS). The findings show that OMFS and plastic surgery receive more funding from facial plating companies compared to OHNS. OMFS receives the highest amount of payments and involves the most specialists. The study suggests that there is potential for growth in the engagement between OHNS and the facial plating industry.
LARYNGOSCOPE INVESTIGATIVE OTOLARYNGOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Aladine A. Elsamadicy, Isaac G. Freedman, Andrew B. Koo, Benjamin C. Reeves, John Havlik, Wyatt B. David, Christopher S. Hong, Luis Kolb, Maxwell Laurans, Charles C. Matouk, Michael DiLuna
Summary: The study aimed to analyze industry payments to neurosurgeons from 2014 to 2018. It found that neurosurgeons were the second highest industry-paid surgical specialty, with a total of $477,451,070 in payments made. The majority of payments were for food and beverage, with royalties and licensing being the largest source type of payments over the 5-year period. The total number of payments decreased while the total amount paid to neurosurgeons increased during this time frame.
WORLD NEUROSURGERY
(2021)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Aimen Vanood, Aryana Sharrak, Patrick Karabon, Daniel K. Fahim
Summary: The Open Payments Database, established in 2013, aims to address financial conflicts of interest between physicians and the medical industry. This study evaluated the first 5 years of the database in neurosurgery, finding that a small percentage of industry-sponsored research funding goes to neurosurgeons, with a significant portion going to a small group of individuals.
Article
Clinical Neurology
Jade E. Smith, Charlotte Wahle, James L. Bernat, Nathaniel M. Robbins
Summary: Financial conflicts of interest between the pharmaceutical and medical device industries and authors in high-impact clinical neurology journals are prevalent among US-based physicians, with incomplete self-disclosure being common. It is necessary to establish firm rules to ensure and manage disclosure of financial COI in the field of neurology.
Article
Anesthesiology
Vasudha Goel, Amol M. Patwardhan, Mohab Ibrahim, Yan Yang, Eellan Sivanesan, Ratan K. Banik, Clarence Shannon, Hariharan Shankar
Summary: The study found that total payments to pain medicine physicians have been decreasing since 2016. The majority of payments are for food, beverage, and travel categories. Public and physician awareness of the Open Payments system reports is essential to promote transparency and minimize adverse effects of financial relationships on patient care.
Article
Orthopedics
Peter B. White, Cesar Iturriaga, Nicholas Frane, Matthew J. Partan, Uche Ononuju, Michael A. Mont, Adam Bitterman
Summary: This study found a nonsignificant increasing trend in payments to adult reconstruction-trained orthopedic surgeons, as well as an increasing number of surgeons receiving payments. There were increasing trends in median payment per surgeon for education and entertainment expenses, but a decreasing trend for honoraria payments. The majority of the top 5 companies had nonsignificant trends in their payments.
JOURNAL OF ARTHROPLASTY
(2021)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Joel Lexchin, Adriane Fugh-Berman
Summary: Although there have been disclosures and numerous studies on gifts from pharmaceutical companies to physicians, there is currently no evidence that physician behavior regarding conflicts of interest has changed.
JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Oncology
Kathryn R. Tringale, Tanya Nguyen, Naeim Bahrami, Deborah C. Marshall, Kelly M. Leyden, Roshan Karunamuni, Tyler M. Seibert, Mary Kay Gorman, Michael Connor, Jeff Burkeen, David E. Piccioni, Nikdokht Farid, Jona A. Hattangadi-Gluth, Carrie R. McDonald
RADIOTHERAPY AND ONCOLOGY
(2019)
Article
Oncology
Roshan Karunamuni, Kathryn R. Tringale, Jeffrey Burkeen, Michelle D. Tibbs, Minh-Phuong Huynh-Le, Naeim Bahrami, Deborah Marshall, Tyler M. Seibert, Carrie R. McDonald, Jona A. Hattangadi-Gluth
JOURNAL OF NEURO-ONCOLOGY
(2020)
Article
Oncology
Michelle D. Tibbs, Minh-Phuong Huynh-Le, Anny Reyes, Anna Christina Macari, Roshan Karunamuni, Kathryn Tringale, Jeffrey Burkeen, Deborah Marshall, Ronghui Xu, Carrie R. McDonald, Jona A. Hattangadi-Gluth
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS
(2020)
Article
Oncology
Deborah C. Marshall, Elizabeth S. Tarras, Kenneth Rosenzweig, Sue S. Yom, Jona Hattangadi-Gluth, James Murphy, Deborah Korenstein, Susan Chimonas
Summary: The study found that since the implementation of the Open Payments program, payments to radiation oncologists have significantly increased in both amount and frequency, while decreasing for medical oncologists and other hospital-based physicians. This indicates a trend of differentiation in industry payments among different groups of physicians.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS
(2021)
Article
Oncology
Elizabeth S. Tarras, Deborah C. Marshall, Kenneth Rosenzweig, Deborah Korenstein, Susan Chimonas
Summary: From 2014 to 2019, a cohort of 15,585 US medical oncologists became less likely to receive industry payments, but the overall value of the payments increased. Over time, medical oncologists receiving lower-value payments (<$10,000) accepted smaller amounts and those receiving higher-value payments (>$10,000) accepted larger amounts. The trend in industry payments to medical oncologists since the inception of the Open Payments program highlights the limitations of transparency without accountability in policy making.
Article
Oncology
Mia Salans, Anthony Yip, Jeffrey Burkeen, Kevin X. Liu, Euyhyun Lee, Tonya Pan-Weisz, Deborah Marshall, Susan G. R. McDuff, Yasamin Sharifzadeh, Yoseph Dalia, Parag Sanghvi, Daniel Simpson, Ronghui Xu, Carrie McDonald, Jona A. Hattangadi-Gluth
Summary: The study identified that patients receiving stereotactic radiosurgery reported better posttreatment quality of life compared to whole brain radiation therapy and systemic therapy. Patients with melanoma metastases, nonmarried status, male gender, and older age reported better quality of life in various domains after intracranial radiotherapy.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY-CANCER CLINICAL TRIALS
(2021)
Article
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Deborah C. Marshall, Zahra Ghiassi-Nejad, Allison Powers, Joy S. Reidenberg, Pamela Argiriadi, Meng Ru, Vishruta Dumane, Michael Buckstein, Karyn Goodman, Stephanie Blank, Julie Schnur, Barry Rosenstein
Summary: The structure and function of the bulboclitoris, the primary organ responsible for female sexual arousal and orgasm, have yet to be described in radiotherapy literature. Contouring for the bulboclitoris was feasible, and bulboclitoris-sparing IMRT significantly reduced dose to the bulboclitoris in female patients with anal cancer. Further clinical studies are warranted to explore the potential benefits of this approach in reducing sexual toxicity.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY
(2021)
Letter
Oncology
Deborah C. Marshall, Elizabeth S. Tarras, Susan Chimonas
Article
Critical Care Medicine
Benjamin Y. Liu, Sadiq Rehmani, Minal S. Kale, Deborah Marshall, Kenneth E. Rosenzweig, Chung Yin Kong, Juan Wisnivesky, Keith Sigel
Summary: This study found that early stage NSCLC patients treated with SBRT showed similar rates of cardiovascular events regardless of tumor laterality, while patients treated with 3DCRT plus IMRT had higher risks of congestive heart failure and percutaneous coronary artery intervention for left-sided tumors.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Deborah Marshall, Melissa D. Aldridge, Kavita Dharmarajan
Summary: Under the CMS' RO Model, a majority of bone metastases patients received shorter radiation courses in hospital outpatient settings. After adjustment, hospital outpatient treatment setting remained a significant predictor for receiving <= 10 fractions. The main contributors to expenditures were the number of fractions and treatment type.
Review
Oncology
Deborah C. Marshall, Elizabeth S. Tarras, Ayesha Ali, Julie Bloom, Mylin A. Torres, Jenna M. Kahn
Summary: This scoping review highlights the lack of scientific research on the impacts of radiotherapy on female erectile tissues and the difficulty in designing studies due to the lack of biomedical data. Collaborative interdisciplinary research is needed to generate radiobiologic and clinical evidence to improve sexual outcomes in female patients.
CA-A CANCER JOURNAL FOR CLINICIANS
(2022)
Editorial Material
Urology & Nephrology
Daniel R. Dickstein, Deborah C. Marshall
Summary: Limited information is available on the effects of prostate cancer therapies on sexual health outcomes in sexual and gender minority patients. Understanding these outcomes is crucial for personalized clinical decision-making and creating a more equitable health system.
NATURE REVIEWS UROLOGY
(2022)
Article
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Elaine Cha, Noah J. Mathis, Himanshu Joshi, Sonam Sharma, Melissa Zinovoy, Meng Ru, Oren Cahlon, Erin F. Gillespie, Deborah C. Marshall
Summary: This study aimed to identify predictors of patient experience scores in radiation therapy. The results showed that improving waiting times can lead to higher patient experience scores, while physician gender was not associated with patient experience outcomes. However, further research is needed to understand the effects of physician gender on patient experience scores.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY
(2022)
Letter
Medicine, General & Internal
Deborah C. Marshall, Elizabeth S. Tarras, Kenneth Rosenzweig, Deborah Korenstein, Susan Chimonas
JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
(2020)
Article
Otorhinolaryngology
Deborah C. Marshall, Derek D. Kao, Richard Bakst, Sonam Sharma, Rocco Ferrandino, Kenneth Rosenzweig, Juan Wisnivesky, Keith Sigel
LARYNGOSCOPE INVESTIGATIVE OTOLARYNGOLOGY
(2020)