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## Background: Recent studies in a number of surgical subspecialties have demonstrated that financial relationships with industry differ between men and women. this study aimed to determine if gender disparities exist in industry relationships with orthopaedic surgeons. ## Methods: This retrospective study utilized publicly available data from the centers for medicare & medicaid services (cms) at openpayments.cms.gov. data were extracted for payments made to orthopaedic surgeons from industry for royalties, licensing, or consulting fees from 2016 to 2017. a physician's profile was used to determine name, gender, practice location, and subspecialty. years of experience were recorded from publicly available websites. total number of payments and amounts were compared among men and women, subspecialties, and locations. multivariable linear regression models were used to determine predictors of total payments and number of payments. ## Results: Royalties and consulting fees were paid to 3,418 individual physicians (11% of 29,996 physicians in the american academy of orthopaedic surgeons [aaos] census) and accounted for 88% of total payments. the majority of the total payment amount (99

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Author

Ray, G.S.; Lechtig, A.; Rozental, T.D.; Bernstein, D.N.; Merchan, N.; Johnson, A.H.

Publisher

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery; Lippincott Williams and Wilkins; Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (ISSN 2160-3251)

Published

2019

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)