Conclusion
This study demonstrated that more than half of all endocrinologists
accepted at least one GPEOR from the healthcare industry in the US each
year, but only a few received substantial GPEOR. However, GPEOR had been
decreasing annually since the inception of the Open Payments Database.
The majority of industry payments were made to the small number of
endocrinologists for research expenses individually or mostly through
their institutions.
Acknowledgments: The author would like to thank Editage
(www.editage.com) for English language editing. Anju Murayama is the
guarantor of this work, and as such, had full access to all study data
and takes responsibility for its integrity and the accuracy of the data
analysis.
Funding:
The author did not receive any financial support for this study.
Conflicts of interest: The author declared no financial conflicts of
interest.
Author contributions: Anju Murayama: Conceptualization; methodology;
software; formal analysis; investigation; resources; data curation;
writing - original draft; writing - review & editing; visualization;
and supervision