Report: NY Doctors Increased Opioid Prescriptions After Pharma Payments

Report: NY Doctors Increased Opioid Prescriptions After Pharma Payments
The prescription medicine OxyContin is displayed August 21, 2001 at a Walgreens drugstore in Brookline, MA. Darren McCollester/Getty Images
Bowen Xiao
Bowen Xiao
Reporter
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Doctors in New York who received increased payments from opioid manufacturers prescribed more drugs to their patients, according to a recent report (pdf) from the New York State Health Foundation.

It is the first study to examine the impact of the relationship between physicians and the pharmaceutical industry on the prescription of opioids or painkillers in the New York state.

Bowen Xiao
Bowen Xiao
Reporter
Bowen Xiao was a New York-based reporter at The Epoch Times. He covers national security, human trafficking and U.S. politics.
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