Table III.
Percentage that rate the following gifts or payments to physicians from the pharmaceutical/device industry as “Very Appropriate” or “Appropriate”, stratified by Academic Department, training level, and familiarity with institution’s guidelines for interactions between physicians and the pharmaceutical/device industries.
| Overall Sample, No.(%) |
Academic Departmenta, No. (%) | P value | Attending, No.(%) |
P value | Familiar with Guidelines |
P value | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IM -GP- FM |
IM Subsp. |
Peds. | Surg.- OBGy n |
Psych. | Other | Yes | No | Yes | No | |||||
| Meal in a clinical setting | 413 (72) |
92 (72) |
32 (57) |
33 (62) |
105 (83) |
33 (63) |
94 (76) |
0.002 | 134 (61) |
276 (79) |
<0.001 | 197 (65) |
208 (79) |
<0.001 |
| Dinner at a modest restaurant: no educational component |
201 (35) |
34 (27) |
14 (26) |
11 (21) |
56 (44) |
22 (42) |
54 (43) |
0.001 | 65 (29) |
135 (39) |
0.02 | 98 (32) |
99 (38) |
0.17 |
| Dinner at a modest restaurant: educational component provided by Drug/Device Co. reps. |
374 (65) |
72 (56) |
28 (51) |
31 (58) |
101 (79) |
30 (58) |
90 (72) |
<0.001 | 117 (52) |
254 (73) |
<0.001 | 178 (58) |
188 (72) |
<0.001 |
| Dinner at a modest restaurant: educational component provided by a physician (Drug/Device Co. reps. present) |
421 (73) |
84 (66) |
40 (71) |
34 (64) |
108 (84) |
32 (62) |
102 (82) |
<0.001 | 147 (66) |
271 (77) |
0.003 | 212 (70) |
200 (76) |
0.07 |
| Textbook | 479 (83) |
100 (78) |
45 (80) |
39 (74) |
114 (89) |
46 (88) |
107 (86) |
0.05 | 162 (72) |
313 (90) |
<0.001 | 238 (78) |
231 (89) |
<0.001 |
| Any gift valued at <$50 | 272 (48) |
52 (40) |
24 (44) |
20 (39) |
72 (58) |
25 (48) |
68 (55) |
0.02 | 97 (45) |
173 (50) |
0.19 | 131 (44) |
136 (53) |
0.04 |
| Any gift valued at >$50 | 142 (25) |
23 (18) |
13 (23) |
8 (15) |
44 (35) |
12 (23) |
37 (30) |
0.02 | 43 (19) |
99 (29) |
0.02 | 65 (21) |
72 (28) |
0.07 |
| Samples for personal use | 219 (38) |
54 (42) |
20 (36) |
18 (34) |
51 (40) |
14 (27) |
47 (38) |
0.53 | 79 (35) |
140 (40) |
0.26 | 107 (35) |
107 (41) |
0.17 |
| Samples for professional use |
459 (80) |
100 (78) |
41 (75) |
37 (70) |
114 (89) |
43 (83) |
98 (79) |
0.03 | 163 (73) |
292 (84) |
0.002 | 227 (75) |
223 (85) |
0.002 |
| Travel expenses to a conference |
303 (53) |
61 (48) |
28 (47) |
20 (38) |
86 (68) |
26 (50) |
69 (57) |
0.002 | 83 (37) |
218 (63) |
0.02 | 149 (49) |
148 (57) |
0.06 |
| Vacation | 59 (10) |
10 (8) |
6 (11) |
5 (9) |
16 (13) |
4 (8) |
16 (13) |
0.78 | 17 (8) |
42 (12) |
0.09 | 27 (9) |
28 (11) |
0.45 |
| Payment for attending an educational lecture provided by Drug/Device Co. reps. |
219 (39) |
43 (33) |
15 (27) |
13 (25) |
65 (53) |
15 (29) |
59 (48) |
<0.001 | 57 (26) |
161 (46) |
<0.001 | 105 (35) |
109 (42) |
0.08 |
| Payment for attending an educational lecture provided by a physician (Drug/Device Co. reps. present) |
272 (47) |
56 (43) |
22 (39) |
21 (40) |
77 (60) |
19 (37) |
64 (51) |
0.01 | 80 (36) |
190 (54) |
<0.001 | 129 (42) |
137 (52) |
0.02 |
| Payment for evaluating a device |
257 (45) |
53 (42) |
18 (33) |
21 (41) |
60 (48) |
22 (42) |
63 (50) |
0.30 | 88 (40) |
167 (48) |
0.06 | 130 (43) |
123 (47) |
0.29 |
Note: IM=Internal Medicine; GP=General Practice; FM=Family Medicine; Subsp.=Subspecialty; Peds=Pediatrics; Surg.=Surgery; OBGyn=Obstetrics & Gynecology; Psych.=Psychiatry; Reps.=Representatives.
a
Among physicians who have graduated from medical school (excludes medical students).