Affiliations 

  • 1 Medical Governance Research Institute Minato-ku Tokyo Japan
  • 2 Department of Surgery Jyoban Hospital of Tokiwa Foundation Iwaki City Fukushima Japan
  • 3 School of Pharmacy, Monash University Malaysia Jalan Lagoon Selatan Bandar Sunway Jalan Lagoon Selatan Malaysia
OTO Open, 2023;7(1):e31.
PMID: 36998569 DOI: 10.1002/oto2.31

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the magnitude, prevalence, and trend of the financial relationship between Japanese head and neck surgeons and pharmaceutical companies between 2016 and 2019.

STUDY DESIGN: Cross-sectional analysis.

SETTING: Japan.

METHODS: This study evaluated personal payments concerning lecturing, consulting, and writing paid by 92 major pharmaceutical companies to all Japanese head and neck surgeons board-certified by the Japan Society for Head and Neck Surgery between 2016 and 2019. The payments were descriptively analyzed and payment trend were assessed using population-averaged generalized estimating equations. Further, the payments to board executive board members with specialist certification were also evaluated separately.

RESULTS: Of all 443 board-certified head and neck surgeons in Japan, 365 (82.4%) received an average of $6443 (standard deviation: $12,875), while median payments were $2002 (interquartile ranges [IQR] $792-$4802). Executive board specialists with a voting right received much higher personal payments (median $26,013, IQR $12,747-$35,750) than the non-executive specialists (median $1926, IQR $765‒$4134, p 

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