Table 2.
Reduction in Internal Medicine and Cardiology Physician Self-Reported Relationships with Industry between 2009 and 2017
| Free drug sample | Any food/beverage or tickets to cultural/sporting event | Any meeting expenses or CME meeting admissions | Any payment for speaker’s bureau, consulting, or advisory board participant | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Specialty | Source | N | Yes (%) | p value | Yes (%) | p value | Yes (%) | p value | Yes (%) | p value |
| Internal medicine | ||||||||||
| 2009* | 249 | 161 (65) | < 0.0001 | 185 (75) | < 0.0001 | 53 (22) | < 0.0001 | 43 (18) | < 0.0001 | |
| 2017 | 195 | 80 (41) | 82 (42) | 14 (7) | 3 (2) | |||||
| Cardiology | ||||||||||
| 2009 | 218 | 178 (82) | < 0.0001 | 165 (76) | 0.35 | 44 (21) | 0.77 | 70 (33) | < 0.0001 | |
| 2017 | 182 | 108 (60) | 128 (72) | 34 (19) | 14 (8) | |||||
*Source: 2009 represents results reported by Campbell et al.4 Data in 2017 rows derived from current survey