Association of Industry Payments to Physicians With the Prescribing of Brand-name Statins in Massachusetts

Pharmaceutical industry payments to physicians may affect prescribing practices and increase costs if more expensive medications are prescribed.Determine the association between industry payments to physicians and the prescribing of brand-name as compared with generic statins for lowering cholesterol.Cross-sectional linkage of the Part D Medicare prescriptions claims data with the Massachusetts physicians payment database including all licensed...