Dollars for Docs
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| Dollars for Docs shows details of financial payments from pharmaceutical companies to doctors in the US | ||
| Home page | https://projects.propublica.org/docdollars/ | |
| Approach | ProPublica use details of payments disclosed under the under the Physician Payment Sunshine Act, released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and have created from them a series of databases to allow patients to see whether their doctor receives funds from drug and medical device companies. Historic data is archived and remains available. | |
| Phase | Released | |
| Tags | US, corporate interests, health, doctors, propublica, pharmaceuticals, and medical | |
| Practices | Collect | |
| Partners | Formerly in cooperation with Pharmashine | |
| Project Start Date | 2010 |
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| Launch Date | 2010 |
| Most Recent Update | 2015 |
| Thematic Focus | Health |
| Issue addressed | Tracking financial influence |
| Geographic Focus | US |
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Description
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| Pharmaceutical and medical device companies are now required by law to release details of their payments to a variety of doctors and U.S. teaching hospitals for promotional talks, research and consulting, among other categories. ProPublica are turning this information into an easy-to-use database, in website and app form, so that patients can quickly discover the payments made to their doctor. | |
| Approach (How?) | ProPublica use details of payments disclosed under the under the Physician Payment Sunshine Act, released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and have created from them a series of databases to allow patients to see whether their doctor receives funds from drug and medical device companies. Historic data is archived and remains available. |
| Language | English |
| Commissioner | ProPublica |
| Publisher | ProPublica |
Impact
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Target Audience : Online Audience Reached : International Twitter : ( followers) Publisher's Twitter Followers : 409K Online Rank : Google: Alexa: OSE Domain Authority Rank: 84/100 Marketing Grader Rank: 80/100 () Online Rank (Publisher) : Google: Alexa: News Source : Very High Offline Audience Reached : National Outcome : Transparency of the sector has led to a dramatic scaling back of payments by drug and medical device companies to doctors https://www.propublica.org/article/as-full-disclosure-nears-doctors-pay-for-drug-talks-plummets Last updated : 22/10/2015 Attempts against the project : /Technology
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