As far as physicians receiving payments: “ Numerous prior studies have demonstrated that payments from pharmaceutical manufacturers to physicians are associated with greater use of their brand-name medications, often at the expense of generics or other less costly alternatives. The same associations have been found true for medical device manufacturers, as most implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) placements were performed by physicians who had received payments from ICD manufacturers.”

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