Trend in Industry Payments to Rheumatologists in the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic Between 2013 and 2021

Medical Governance Research Institute, Minato-ku, Tokyo; Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi; Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka; Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Jyoban Hospital, Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan. AO received personal fees from Medical Network Systems, a dispensing pharmacy, outside the scope of the submitted work. Regarding nonfinancial conflicts of interest among the study authors, the authors are engaged in ongoing research examining financial and nonfinancial conflicts of interest among healthcare professionals and pharmaceutical companies in Japan and the US. Address correspondence to Dr. A. Murayama, Medical Governance Research Institute, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 1087505, Japan. Email address: ange21tera@gmail.com.

Medical Governance Research Institute, Minato-ku, Tokyo; Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi; Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka; Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Jyoban Hospital, Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan. AO received personal fees from Medical Network Systems, a dispensing pharmacy, outside the scope of the submitted work. Regarding nonfinancial conflicts of interest among the study authors, the authors are engaged in ongoing research examining financial and nonfinancial conflicts of interest among healthcare professionals and pharmaceutical companies in Japan and the US. Address correspondence to Dr. A. Murayama, Medical Governance Research Institute, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 1087505, Japan. Email address: ange21tera@gmail.com.

Medical Governance Research Institute, Minato-ku, Tokyo; Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi; Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka; Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Jyoban Hospital, Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan. AO received personal fees from Medical Network Systems, a dispensing pharmacy, outside the scope of the submitted work. Regarding nonfinancial conflicts of interest among the study authors, the authors are engaged in ongoing research examining financial and nonfinancial conflicts of interest among healthcare professionals and pharmaceutical companies in Japan and the US. Address correspondence to Dr. A. Murayama, Medical Governance Research Institute, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 1087505, Japan. Email address: ange21tera@gmail.com.

Medical Governance Research Institute, Minato-ku, Tokyo; Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi; Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka; Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Jyoban Hospital, Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan. AO received personal fees from Medical Network Systems, a dispensing pharmacy, outside the scope of the submitted work. Regarding nonfinancial conflicts of interest among the study authors, the authors are engaged in ongoing research examining financial and nonfinancial conflicts of interest among healthcare professionals and pharmaceutical companies in Japan and the US. Address correspondence to Dr. A. Murayama, Medical Governance Research Institute, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 1087505, Japan. Email address: ange21tera@gmail.com.

Medical Governance Research Institute, Minato-ku, Tokyo; Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi; Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka; Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Jyoban Hospital, Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan. AO received personal fees from Medical Network Systems, a dispensing pharmacy, outside the scope of the submitted work. Regarding nonfinancial conflicts of interest among the study authors, the authors are engaged in ongoing research examining financial and nonfinancial conflicts of interest among healthcare professionals and pharmaceutical companies in Japan and the US. Address correspondence to Dr. A. Murayama, Medical Governance Research Institute, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 1087505, Japan. Email address: ange21tera@gmail.com.