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The Surgeon as a Consultant for Medical Device Manufacturers
- Source :
- Spine. 32:2616-2618
- Publication Year :
- 2007
- Publisher :
- Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2007.
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Abstract
- STUDY DESIGN Patient survey. OBJECTIVE To evaluate patient perspective on surgeons as consultants for industry and medical device manufacturers. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Relationships between surgeons and medical device manufacturers are becoming increasingly common. Little is known, however, about how patients perceive these relationships. METHODS Patients in the waiting area of an orthopedic surgery clinic were given a simple 1-page, 8-question anonymous questionnaire. Their responses were tabulated and analyzed for 3 variables: gender, age, and education level. RESULTS A total of 245 patients completed the questionnaire. An overwhelming majority (94.3%) believed that surgeon-industry relationship is beneficial to patients, and a majority (66.5%) of patients thought that physicians should be compensated for this role. Women were more likely than men to want this relationship to be regulated by physicians instead of the government or hospitals. Patients older than 55 years were less likely to be in favor of physicians being compensated than younger patients. The more educated the patient, the less likely he/she was in favor of allowing physicians to regulate physician-industry relationship. CONCLUSION Patients support surgeons in the role of consultants for industry. Gender, age, and education level influence the way that patients perceive this issue.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Medical device
Consultants
Patients
Biomedical Technology
Surveys and Questionnaires
medicine
Humans
Industry
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Physician's Role
Aged
Government
Conflict of Interest
business.industry
Data Collection
Background data
Conflict of interest
Middle Aged
Hospitals
Social Control, Formal
Surgery
Orthopedics
Vertebral canal
Equipment and Supplies
General Surgery
Family medicine
Orthopedic surgery
Income
Educational Status
Female
Patient survey
Neurology (clinical)
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 03622436
- Volume :
- 32
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Spine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....7148b7bfcea07016f997b14a1dcbf01b