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This is the bad kind of statistic, because it doesn't actually tell us anything interesting about the impact on individual doctors (but does sound scary / impre
by davidgay 2y ago
This is the bad kind of statistic, because it doesn't actually tell us anything interesting about the impact on individual doctors (but does sound scary / impressive!).
A Google search says the US has 1 million doctors, so $12B over 10 years is $12k/doctor/year on average - nice, but not wow...
The linked article did actually have something useful to say on a per-doctor basis:"The analysis showed that more than half of physicians received at least one payment, and roughly 94% of payments were associated with one or more marketed medical products. A small percentage of physicians received the largest amounts, often exceeding $1 million".
So: nice but small for most doctors, rather (too?) large for a small percentage.
- Jensson 2y ago> $12k/doctor/year on average That is a ton of money, imagine how much you would do if you get an extra months of salary to do it? And they get that level of an offer every year... A month of salary is a very large bribe for anyone.
- jws 2y agoDoes one not suppose that a fair bit of this is the trial and starter doses that they give to doctors? Surely the drug company values them at list price for purposes of a business expense.
- refurb 2y agoFree samples aren't include. Look up the Sunshine Act, it's only direct payments to doctors. But this can include things all the way from doctor getting $250 for spending 60 min consulting for a company (i.e. answering questions about how they treat a disease, what they look for in a new drug) to a doctor leading multiple speaking engagements throughout the year and making tens of thousands.